OSHA Inspection: GENERAL MOTORS NAO-SCG OKLAHOMA CITY

Issued

Jan 3, 1997

Abate by

Jan 8, 1997

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

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 Comau Marriage lifts were subject to screw lift failure. Failure of
one screw lift created a
hazard of tilting the lift where drive train components and/or the lifting
plate could fall and
strike employees. The Comau Marriage lifts were used to raise the engine
drive train
components from the floor to the overhead cars, at the plant in Department
25.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to repair and/or replace faulty lift components, and connect pairs of
screw lift together to ensure
level operations.