ERIE, PA —
OSHA Inspection: GENERAL ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of GENERAL ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS in BLDG. #5, PROPULSION MANUFACTURING, ERIE, PA 16531 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 122162928.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- GENERAL ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
- Site address
- BLDG. #5, PROPULSION MANUFACTURING
- City
- ERIE
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16531
- Mailing
- 2901 EAST LAKE ROAD, ERIE, PA 16531
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3441
- Employees
- 5300
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jan 10, 1997
- Abate by
- Feb 10, 1997
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employmnent 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 head and/or torso entrapment between the ground and the truck in the event of a tipover: (a) Building Number 5, Hyster H100E powered industrial truck; a retrofit program for the installation of an operator restraint system was not instituted by the Company. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to institute a "restraint device", system or enclosure that is intended to assist the operator in reducing the risk of injuries in accordance with Paragraph 7.39 of ANSI B56.1d-1992 on all powered industrial trucks at this location.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.178 M08
- Issued
- Jan 10, 1997
- Abate by
- Apr 15, 1997
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.178 N15
- Issued
- Jan 10, 1997
- Abate by
- Apr 15, 1997
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.178 O01
- Issued
- Jan 10, 1997
- Abate by
- Apr 15, 1997
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 122162928.
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