OSHA Inspection: COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jul 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 hazards of performing lifting tasks without administrative or
engineering controls:
WAREHOUSE: EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING CASES OF SODA FROM SKIDS/PALLETS,
BOUGHT FROM THE WAREHOUSE, AND PLACING THESE SODA CASES ON THE
SKIDS/PALLETS DESTINED FOR THE ROUTING TRUCKS. THE EVALUATION OF THIS
MANUAL LIFTING TASK INDICATING THAT EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO AN
INCREASED RISK OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES. THE INJURY AND ILLNESS
RECORDS DOCUMENT THAT THERE WAS A PATTERN OF MUSCULOSKELETAL/
OVEREXERTION INJURIES.
THE COMPANY WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER
3350429, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1, ISSUED ON 1/10/89.
Abatement Schedule
Step 1 - Effective administrative protection, such as employee training,
physical assessment, job rotation, etc, shall be provided as
an intarim protective measure until feasible engineering or
permanent administrative controls can be implemented which
will reduce employee exposure to nominal risk.
Step 2 - Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of
abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of
engineering or administrative measures to control employee
injury due to manual lifting tasks. Engineering controls to
reduce musculoskeletal stresses include, but are not limited
to job redesign, reduction of the horizontal and vertical load
distance from the body, reduction of the lifting frequently,
or weight, and use of machinical lifting aids. This plan shall
include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions
which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by
this citation.
1) Evaluation of the conditions, locations and manual lifting
activities that the employees are performing at the onset
of musculoskeletal injuries.
2) Evaluation of applicable control measure(s).
3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control
measures.
4) Monitoring to assure effective utilization of the control
measures.
Step 3 - Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of
feasible engineering or administrative controls upon
verification of their effectiveness in reducing the occurrence
of musculoskeletal injuries.

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $50 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $50 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $50 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $50 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $50 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $400 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $400 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

Jun 4, 1990

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990

Issued

May 1, 1990

Abate by

May 21, 1990