OSHA Inspection: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND

Issued

Jun 2, 2003

Abate by

Jun 5, 2003

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,000 Reduced

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 hazards of contact with turning propeller blades,
ingestion into jet intakes,
and contact with jet exhausts as the employer did not instruct employees
working on the ramp
at the Business Aircraft Center of the Burke Lakefront Airport in
Cleveland, Ohio not to
approach aircraft with their engines powered up nor did the employer
instruct employees in the
procedures and routes necessary to safely approach aircraft with their
engines powered up.
Note: Feasible and acceptable abatement methods include but are not
limited to:
1.  Developing and implementing a training curriculum to include rules,
regulations and
procedures for operations in the ramp area, procedures for communicating
with
the flight line
crew and/or pilots, and enhancement of "situational awareness", with a
specific Standard
Operating Procedure for situations where one or more bags of checks have
been left off an
aircraft in error where that aircraft is already powered up;
2.  Reinforcing training through periodic refresher training, safety
memos, and posted safety
messages;
3.  Involving supervisors in ramp operations to ensure that safe
procedures are being followed;
4.  Warning or disciplining employees when they fail to follow safe
procedures;
5.  Revising the procedures when "near miss" incidents occur that are the
result of inadequate
or inappropriate procedures;
6.  Reviewing each instance where checks have been left off an aircraft to
be sure that the
Standard Operating Procedure was followed and the situation was handled
appropriately from
a safety standpoint.

Issued

Jun 2, 2003

Abate by

Jun 5, 2003