OSHA Inspection: PEACH STATE HOMES

Issued

1997-01-06 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3000.00 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 the hazard of:
a)Final Finish Line (yard area) - Employees working in this area were
exposed to the
hazard(s) of being struck and/or crushed by moving equipment; operators
had not been informed
of established safe procedure(s) nor had they been provided related
operator training, on or about
8/15/96.
Note: Procedures for safely moving trailer halves to the Final Finish Line
(Yard Area)
were being used, but no such procedure existed for returning temporarily
staged trailers to the
slab.
Some feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct this hazard are:
1. Require equipment operators to physically check that all pathways are
cleared
prior to allowing equipment to be moved.
2. Require that someone assist equipment operators in verifying that all
pathways are
cleared prior to allowing equipment to be moved.
Or, in the alternative:
29 CFR 1910.178(l): Operator(s) were not trained in the safe operation of
powered industrial
trucks:
a)Final Finish Line (yard area) - Employees working in this area were
being exposed to
the hazard(s) of being struck and/or crushed by moving equipment and the
operators had not
been informed of established safe procedure(s) for these moves nor had
they been provided
related operator training, on or about 08/15/96.