OSHA Inspection: EXEL LOGISTICS, INC.

Issued

Aug 30, 1994

Abate by

Oct 2, 1994

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

Aug 30, 1994

Abate by

Oct 2, 1994

Penalty

Initial $55,000 · Current $7,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to serious injury from lifting tasks without administrative
or engineering controls:
(a)Warehouse:
The evaluation of this manual lifting tasks indicates that employees are
exposed
to an increased risk of musculoskeletal injuries.  The injury and illness
records
for 1991, 1992, and 1993 documented that there was a pattern of
musculoskeletal/overexertion injuries.
Step 1 -  Effective administrative protection, such as employee training,
physical
assessment, job rotation, etc., shall be provided as an interim measure
until
feasible engineering or permanent administrative controls can be
implemented
which will reduce employee exposure to nominal risk.
Step 2 -  Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement
outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering or
administrative
measures to control employee injury due to manual lifting tasks.
Engineering
controls to reduce musculoskeletal stresses include, but are not limited
to, job
redesign, reduction of the horizontal and vertical load distance from the
body,
reduction of the lifting frequency, or weight, and use of mechanical
lifting aids.
This plan shall include at a minimum, target dates for the following
actions which
must be consistant with the dates required by this citation.
1)Evaluation of the conditions, locations and manual lifting activities
that the
employees are performing at the onset of musculoskeletal injuries.
2)Evaluation of applicable control measure(s).
3)Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures.
4)Monitoring to assure effective utilization of the control measure(s).
Step 3 -   Abatement shall have been completed by implementation of
feasible
engineering or administrative controls, upon verification of their
effectiveness in
reducing the occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries.