WALLINGTON, NJ ·
OSHA Inspection: WATKINS MOTOR LINES INC.
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of WATKINS MOTOR LINES INC. in 454 MAIN AVENUE, WALLINGTON, NJ 07057 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 301053005.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- WATKINS MOTOR LINES INC.
- Site address
- 454 MAIN AVENUE
- City
- WALLINGTON
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07057
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (N)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 4213
- Employees
- 40
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1910.178 N15
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1997
- Abate by
- Jun 30, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $2,250 · Current $1,700 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 being thrown out of the operator's seat and/or being crushed by industrial lift trucks: a)Warehouse - Area of Bay Doors #8, 9, 10: Employees using a Hyster S40XL industrial lift truck and a Clark GCX60 industrial lift truck to transport freight materials from trailer were not wearing seat belts, on or about 2/27/97. b)Warehouse area: An employee using an industrial lift truck was not wearing seat belt, on or about 2/28/97. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to: 1)Require and enforce the use of seat belts on all equipment having seat belts installed as required in the lift trucks manufacturers' owner manual for the wearing seat belts.g
Recent events (2)
- · F (S) $1700.00
- · Z (S) $2250.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 301053005.
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