OSHA Inspection: ADM ARKADY

Issued

Oct 11, 2002

Abate by

Dec 2, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,300 · Current $1,300

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 crushing hazards from steel shelving units and/or its contents:
(a)At the facility employee(s) working in the warehouse where steel
shelving units had not
been periodically inspected for corrosion, structural damage, or
overloading.  Column
legs C6, C8, G3, and G4 were damaged with pallets of product still in the
storage racks,
thus exposing employee(s) to physical injuries.
(b)At the facility employee(s) working in the warehouse where steel
shelving units had been
modified without the consent of the rack manufacturer.  Column legs E8 and
H13 had
been modified and had not been inspected for structural integrity, thus
exposing
employee(s) to physical injuries.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO
CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS THE FOLLOWING:
Develop and implement a structural integrity program to periodically
inspect storage racks as
recommended by the Rack Manufacturers Institute specifications for the
Design, Testing, and
Utilization of Industrial Steel Storage Racks 1997 Edition, Section 1.4.1.
29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the
abatement of the
above violation is complete.