OSHA Inspection: SEVEN UP BOTTLING GROUP, INC

Issued

Apr 27, 2005

Abate by

Apr 27, 2005

Penalty

Initial $956 · Current $956

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 crushing hazards from steel rack units and/or its contents:
The following equipment used by employees at the workplace were not
maintained in accordance
to manufacture or national consensus standards.  Employees are exposed to
crushing hazards:
Vending and Box-in-Box(BIB) areas - the racks which support equipment and
other materials and
in all other areas where damaged racks are located, the employer did not
ensure that steel
storage racks in use at the facility were inspected and maintained in
accordance with the
manufacturer's requirements and with the American National Standards
Institute guidelines for
the use of industrial and commercial steel storage racks.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to follow the
recommendations of the Rack Manufactures Institute Specifications for the
Design, Testing, and
Utilization of Industrial Steel Storage Racks 1995 Edition, Section 1.4.1
to develop and
implement a structural integrity program to periodically inspect and
repair storage racks.
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(2) abatement of the above violation was verified at the
time of
inspection, no certification is required.

Issued

Apr 27, 2005

Abate by

May 2, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Apr 27, 2005

Abate by

May 2, 2005

Issued

Apr 27, 2005

Abate by

May 2, 2005