OSHA Inspection: DOOR-TO-DOOR AUTOLUBE LLC

Issued

2000-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-12-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $750.00 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:
Workers involved with performing maintenance on a 1984 Ford Bread Van, Reg
# 158691 were exposed to
injury while working under the vehicle, with a manual transmission, whose
brakes were not set and whose
wheels were not adequately chocked or other wise blocked to prevent
movement of the vehicle. On or about
September 13, 2000, a worker was injured when the vehicle he was working
on from underneath moved after
a coworker started the vehicle and his foot slipped off the clutch causing
the vehicle to lurch forward.
One feasible method of abatement would be to assure that the vehicle being
worked on is secured against
movement by blocking or chocking the wheels, placing the transmission in
neutral position and setting brakes
before allowing workers to get underneath the vehicle.th