OSHA Inspection: K-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Issued

Sep 4, 2001

Abate by

Sep 14, 2001

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of 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 being struck by falling steel storage racks,
or the components of
the steel storage racks, including any materials stored on the racks:
The employer did not ensure that commercial steel storage racks in use at
the facility were
inspected and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's
requirements and with the
American National Standards Institute guidelines for the use of industrial
and commercial steel
storage racks:
a) In the casepack area, where a rack collapsed on 06-15-2001, the
uprights were bent, bowed
and corroded.  These hazards are identified by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI
MH16.2-1984) in Section 1, Paragraph 1.3 (Collision Protection); Section
3,
Paragraph 3.11
(Damaged Racks); and Section 3, Paragraph 3.12 (Deteriorated Racks) as
being causes for the
compromise of structural integrity and structural stability, both of which
can lead to rack
collapse.