OSHA Inspection: DOD-RANDOLPH AIR FORCE COMMISSARY

Issued

Jan 6, 1999

Abate by

Jul 1, 1999

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1960.8(a):  The employer did not furnish each employee employment
and a place of
employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or
were likely to cause
death or serious physical harm:
(a)  Employees working at checker stands on the cash registers have a mean
level of 23.1
footcandles of illumination from the overhead light globes.  The
Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America's 1981 Lighting Handbook in Figure 2-2 for
merchandising sales
transaction areas specifies for the Category E work that a level of 50 to
75 footcandles be
provided.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method, but not
limited to this,
to correct this hazard would be to provide adequate illumination by
installing the correct type
and size of light bulbs.