OSHA Inspection: MURPHY DEVELOPMENT INC

Issued

Aug 13, 2003

Abate by

Aug 18, 2003

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $735 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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 multiple injuries or death from tipping and fall hazard
when using an oversized
platform without guard rails on a rough terrain truck:
At the site, employees were exposed to multiple and or death created by
the use of an
elevated work platform which was not designed, constructed, and/or used in
accordance with
the acceptable requirements of the American Safety Standards for Rough
Terrain Forklift
Trucks, ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 and other acceptable industry practices. For
example, the
platform did not meet the following design and use requirements of
sections 8.24 and 5.15 of
ASME/ANSI B56.6a in the following areas: (1) Platform dimension exceeded
in width more
than 10 inches greater than the overall width of the truck on either side,
(2)
Did not have the
maximum work load and empty weight information prominently marked on the
platform, (3)
Controls were not installed on the elevating platform and/or an operator
at the controls.  (4)
Platform not equipped with guard rails or a means for securing personnel.
(a)At the site, employees were exposed to a tipping hazard when working
from a 16
foot basket and pallet attached to a rough terrain truck's with a 9 foot
wheel base. The platform
did not have weight load information, and employees were working from the
platform when the
operator was not at the controls.
(b) At the site, employees were exposed to a falling hazard while
installing soffit from
a platform without guardrails or other means of securing personnel.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct these
hazards are to use
safer alternate methods such as a scaffold or use a platform approved by
the manufacturer
meeting the design, manufacture, and requirements as ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998
for all
attachments on rough terrain forklifts.
No Abatement Certification and Abatement Documentation required.

Issued

Aug 13, 2003

Abate by

Aug 18, 2003