OSHA Inspection: KING KULLEN

Issued

Aug 15, 1991

Abate by

Aug 18, 1992

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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 was
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employee(s) in that employee(s) were
exposed to the hazards of performing  tasks requiring repetitive
motions which  result in stresses that had caused, were causing or were
likely to cause Repetitive Motion Disorders, such as Upper Extremity
Cummulative Trauma Disorder (UECTD) and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS):
(a)  Front End Checkstand Operations - Not all
employees with the job titles of Cashiers
have received training and education; on
or about 8/27/92.
ABATEMENT NOTES:
Among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this hazard is to
establish and enforce adequate procedures such as those stipulated in:
(1)  "Putz-Anderson, Vern, Ed. Cumulative Trauma Disorders:
A Manual for Musculoskeletal Disease of the Upper
Limbs." London:  Taylor and Francis, 1988. 151 Pp.
(2)  Silverstein, Barbara A., and Fine, Lawrence J.  "Evalu-
ation of Upper Extremity and Low Back Cumulative
Disorders - A Screening Manual."  Ann Arbor, Michigan:
University of Michigan, School of Public Health,
Occupational Health Program, 1984.  43Pp.
Elements essential to an Ergonomics Management Program include at a
minimum:
(1)  Training and Education for exposed employees, in-
cluding methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the
training.  Re-training should be done annually, or as
operations change.  Training shall include basic
ergonomic principles and the identification of work-
place ergonomic stressors to its managerial employees,
incumbent cashiers and all newly hired cashiers.
Attendance records for all persons participating in the
training shall be kept.  As part of the program, the
employer shall show to all such employees a training
video produced by the employer to specifically reflect
its operations in a manner designed to educate appli-
able employees with respect to proper work practices.
This video will also include training in appropriate
warm-up stretches and relaxation exercises.  Employees
will also receive insructions on the physical symptoms
often associated with alleged occupational ergonomic
stressors.  The training program shall also provide for
a question and answer period for all employees who
participate in the training session.