OSHA Inspection: WAL-MART SUPER CENTER, STORE NO. 881

Issued

1997-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $975.00 · Current $390.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended,
as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees opening and closing
the frozen
foods freezer door which was off its track were exposed to the hazards of
getting a hernia or
pulling or straining muscles when trying to open the door.  A useful and
feasible means of
abatement among others is to replace the freezer door wheel so that it
will stay in it's track
and open and close properly.