OSHA Inspection: LIPPINCOTT MOVING AND STORAGE

Issued

Nov 17, 1997

Abate by

Nov 21, 1997

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,000 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 the hazard of falling conveyor
section(s):
PLANT:  EMPLOYEES DISMANTLING CONVEYOR SECTIONS THAT WERE SUSPENDED
FROM THE CEILING, WERE NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE INSTRUCTION AND
SUPERVISION TO PERFORM THE TASK SAFELY.  THIS CONDITION WAS
EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT CLEAR LINES OF AUTHORITY WERE NOT
DESIGNATED.
ONE MEANS OF ABATEMENT WOULD BE TO INSTRUCT EMPLOYEES IN THE PROPER
WAY TO DO THEIR WORK SAFELY WHEN THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO JOB TASKS
THAT ARE DANGEROUS OR UNUSUAL.  CLEAR LINES OF AUTHORITY, IN THE
WORK CREW, MUST BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO STARTING THE WORK.

Issued

Nov 17, 1997

Abate by

Nov 28, 1997