OSHA Inspection: SAF-T-CART, INC.

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of Public Law 91-596, 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 cranes being
overloaded, and/or
loads being dropped, due to:
(1) 4 links of 1/4 inch lifting chain(s) having been welded to stirrups at
each end of a "Below-
the-Hook" Lifting Device. [Reference Section 20-1.2.2(a) & (d) of the
American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Safety Standard for Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices,
ANSI/ASME
B30.20a-1996], and
(2) the absence of a nameplate on the Below-the-Hook Lifting Device with:
the manufacturer's
name and address, its serial number, lifter's weight, and rated load.
[Reference Section 20-
1.2.1(b)(1)-(4) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety
Standard
for Below-the-
Hook Lifting Devices, ANSI/ASME B30.20a-1996], and
(3) two shop-made "Eye Hooks", used to un-stack Kenworth trucks which had
been piggy-
backed from Canada to Mississippi, had not been load-tested, nor did they
have a nameplate
with the data mentioned in (2) above. [Reference Section
20-1.2.1(b)(1)-(4) of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Standard for Below-the-Hook Lifting
Devices,
ANSI/ASME B30.20a-1996].
(a)East end of the South Building, in the Metal Storage Area - The
"Below-the-Hook
Lifting Device", a.k.a., spreader bar, attached to the hoist block/hook on
the P & H 5-
ton overhead bridge crane had the following defects:
(1) 4 links of chain had been welded to stirrups at each end, and
(2) only the rated load was displayed on the device,
(b)On West side of Metal Storage Bay's North roll-up door - Two home-made
"Eye
Hooks", used to un-stack Kenworth trucks which had been driven piggy-back
from
Canada to Mississippi, had not been load-tested, nor did they have a
nameplate with the
manufacturer's name and address, its serial number, lifter's weight, and
rated load.
[Reference Section 20-1.2.1(b) of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers Safety
Standard for Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices, ANSI/ASME B30.20a-1996].
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct these hazard(s)
is to: (1) conduct rated load testing at not more than 125of rated load
(as per Section 20-1.4.2
of ASME B30.20a-1996), and (2) affix an identification plate to each
"Below-the-Hook" lifting
device which includes the information required in Section
20-1.2.1(b)(1)-(4) of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Standard for Below-the-Hook Lifting
Devices,
ANSI/ASME B30.20a-1996.

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $260 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $435 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Aug 21, 2003

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $435 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Aug 21, 2003

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $435 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Aug 21, 2003

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $435 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Aug 21, 2003

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $435 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $435 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $260 Reduced

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003

Issued

Jul 7, 2003

Abate by

Jul 31, 2003