OSHA Inspection: REEB MILLWORK CORP.

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Aug 19, 1997

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $800 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 fall hazards from damaged ladder
stand(s):
a)  Warehouse #1 -- an approximate 11-foot-high mobile ladder
stand, company number 14 (no other identification), had one
broken leg, and remained in use to access storage racks and
pull orders.  The first step had also been welded down,
permanently locking the wheels, and negating the capability to
easily move the unit from place to place.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO REMOVE DAMAGED OR WEAKENED
UNITS FROM SERVICE UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE COMPLETED, OR TO
DESTROY THEM IF THEY ARE DAMAGED OR WORN BEYOND REPAIR.
EMPLOYEES SHOULD ALSO BE INSTRUCTED BY THEIR EMPLOYER IN THE
PROPER USE OF MOBILE LADDER STANDS, AND BE REQUIRED TO READ
AND UNDERSTAND THE MANUFACTURER'S OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO USE ANY UNIT.  IN ADDITION, UNITS MUST
BE MARKED WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S NAME, THE MONTH AND YEAR OF
MANUFACTURE, AND THE MAXIMUM RATED LOAD; THERE MUST ALSO BE
LABELS WITH BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING VISUAL INSPECTION,
PROPER USE, AND MAINTENANCE.  MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS,
INCLUDING VISUAL INSPECTIONS AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE, MUST BE
ADHERED TO BY THE OWNER.

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Feb 14, 1999

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $800 Reduced

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Penalty

Initial $1,750

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Penalty

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

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Aug 19, 1997

Penalty

Initial $1,400 · Current $700 Reduced

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Aug 19, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Sep 16, 1997

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $700 Reduced

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Penalty

Initial $56,000 · Current $52,500 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 fall hazards of up to
sixteen
(16) feet when they were lifted in boxes on the forks of forklift trucks to
perform order picking activities:
a)  Main Warehouse -- an employee was fatally injured on 3/24/97 when,
during the course of picking doors, he fell ten (10) feet to the concrete
floor from an unsecured, inadequately guarded box which was lifted on the
forks of a Toyota lift truck (company number 16).
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO
CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
A.  USE A PLATFORM WHICH SHALL:
1.  BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO SUPPORT ANY LOAD(S) WHICH MAY BE
IMPOSED ON IT,
2.  BE SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE LIFTING CARRIAGE OR FORKS, WHICH
SHALL BE SECURED SO THEY DO NOT PIVOT UPWARD,
3.  BE DESIGNED SO THAT EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE EXPOSED TO AN INGOING
NIP POINT, WHICH CAN BE CREATED BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE PLATFORM AND
THE STRUCTURE OF THE POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, AS A PLATFORM IS
RAISED AND LOWERED,
4.  BE DESIGNED SO THAT PERSONNEL ON THE PLATFORM ARE PROTECTED FROM
MOVING PARTS OF THE TRUCK,
5.  BE HORIZONTAL AND CENTERED AND NOT TILTED FORWARD OR REARWARD
WHEN ELEVATED,
6.  BE MOVED IN A SMOOTH STEADY FASHION WHEN PERSONNEL ARE ON IT,
7.  BE MOVED ONLY WHEN THE PERSONNEL ON IT SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THAT
IT BE MOVED,
8.  BE MOVED AFTER IT HAS BEEN ELEVATED, WHEN THERE ARE PERSONNEL ON
IT, ONLY WHEN THERE IS A NEED FOR MINOR HORIZONTAL ADJUSTMENTS,
9.  BE PROVIDED WITH A FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM IF IT IS ELEVATED MORE
THAN FOUR FEET ABOVE THE WALKING/WORKING SURFACE OR IS ABOVE OR
ADJACENT TO DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT.  IF A GUARDRAIL SYSTEM IS USED, IT
SHALL:
A.  CONSIST OF A TOPRAIL, APPROXIMATELY 42 INCHES IN HEIGHT,
A MIDRAIL APPROXIMATELY 21 INCHES IN HEIGHT, AND A TOEBOARD IF
OPERATING CONDITIONS NECESSITATE SUCH EQUIPMENT,
B.  BE PROVIDED WITH A TOPRAIL, WHICH WILL NOT DEFLECT TO LESS
THAN 39 INCHES ABOVE THE PLATFORM, WHEN A 200 POUND FORCE IS
IMPOSED ON IT,C.  BE PROVIDED WITH A TOPRAIL WHICH WILL NOT FAIL WHEN A 200
POUND FORCE IS IMPOSED ON IT,
10.  BE PROVIDED WITH FALL PROTECTION, AT THE OPENING USED FOR
ACCESS AND EGRESS FROM IT, WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION EQUIVALENT TO
THAT OF A STANDARD GUARDRAIL SYSTEM, AND
11.  HAVE A SLIP RESISTANT SURFACE.
B.  USE A TRUCK WHICH SHALL:
1.  BE OPERATED ON A LEVEL SURFACE AND HAVE FIRM AND LEVEL FOOTING,
2.  BE OPERATED SO THAT OVERHEAD OBSTRUCTIONS ARE AVOIDED,
3.  BE OPERATED SO THAT PERSONNEL DO NOT COME CLOSER TO OVERHEAD
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT THAN PERMITTED BY OSHA STANDARD 29 CFR 1910.333,
4.  BE EQUIPPED WITH OVERHEAD PROTECTION IF OPERATING CONDITIONS
NECESSITATE SUCH PROTECTION,
5.  HAVE ALL OPERATING CONTROLS SET AT NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE
SET WHEN PERSONNEL ARE ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM,
6.  HAVE A QUALIFIED OPERATOR AT THE CONTROLS WHENEVER PERSONNEL ARE
ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM,
7.  NOT BE MOVED AFTER THE PLATFORM HAS BEEN RAISED INTO POSITION,
WHILE PERSONNEL ARE ON THE PLATFORM, EXCEPT WHEN MINOR HORIZONTAL
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PLATFORM MUST BE MADE, AND
8.  BE LOADED TO NO MORE THAN ONE-HALF THE CAPACITY OF THE TRUCK, AS
INDICATED ON THE NAMEPLATE OF THE TRUCK ON WHICH THE PLATFORM IS
USED.
C.  USE SIGNAGE, PER PARAGRAPH (C)(3) OF OSHA STANDARD 29 CFR 1910.145,
WHEN NEEDED TO PROTECT THE ELEVATED PERSONNEL FORM INJURY, AND
D.  PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE TRUCK
OPERATOR AND THE PERSONNEL ON THE PLATFORM.  (IF THE NOISE LEVEL IS LOW
THIS MAY BE DONE ORALLY.)

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Sep 16, 1997

Penalty

Initial $56,000 · Current $52,500 Reduced

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Sep 16, 1997

Penalty

Initial $44,000 · Current $7,000 Reduced

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Sep 16, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Penalty

Initial $44,000 · Current $7,000 Reduced

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Oct 16, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Sep 16, 1997

Issued

Aug 14, 1997

Abate by

Sep 16, 1997