OSHA Inspection: BROWN & DUNTON INC

Issued

Jun 9, 1999

Abate by

Aug 3, 1999

Penalty

Initial $500

General-duty citation text

ORS654.010:  The employer did not furnish employment which was safe and
healthful for
employees, and did not adopt and use such practices, means, methods,
operations and processes
as are reasonably necessary to render such employment and place of
employment safe and
healthful:
(a) The employer did not inspect, cause inspection of or require
documentation of inspection of
all worksites where workers were assigned to determine potential safety
and health hazards of
those assignments.
(b) A job description and/or job safety analysis was not made to determine
the hazards inherent
in the jobs to be performed by workers in a high hazard industry.
(c) An evaluation of a client's workplace safety and health program,
previous injury history
and/or training and supervisory provisions for non-english speaking
workers was not conducted.
(d) Means or methods were not developed and implemented to effectively
train workers
unfamiliar with machinery on the control of hazardous energy including
definition(s) of
terminology used in the firm's Lock-out Procedure such as "personal lock,"
"power source,"
"switch or valve," "energy is flowing" and "energy under control".