OSHA Inspection: FOREMOST INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Issued

Jun 28, 2004

Abate by

Jul 31, 2004

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $345 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: crushing hazards from the
home made forty foot spreader bar that was used to lift fifty-two feet in
length wooden wall panels:
(a)Wall Area - A homemade forty foot long spreader bar was used to lift
fifty- two foot long wall
panels and the spreader bar was not labeled for its rated capacity, on or
about June 10, 2004.
"AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD
TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO RATE THE SPREADER BAR AND LABEL THE
CAPACITY ON IT"
VERIFICATION REQUIREDTION

Issued

Jun 28, 2004

Abate by

Jul 31, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,225 · Current $795 Reduced

Issued

Jun 28, 2004

Abate by

Jul 31, 2004

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $225 Reduced

Issued

Jun 28, 2004

Abate by

Jul 31, 2004

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $340 Reduced