OSHA Inspection: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Issued

2003-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3250.00 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 a crushing hazard.
a) Maintenance Shop -
A maintenance employee was fatally injured when the pallet jack he was
servicing fell from the
hydraulic lift on which it was elevated. The employee had not been trained
in the proper method
of securing the pallet jack on the lift. He had also not been trained in
the proper sequence of
steps to take to service the pallet jack. On or about 02/04/03.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method is to develop a written
Standard Operating
Procedure for this activity. The SOP should include a safe method for
supporting the pallet jack
on an overhead hydraulic lift while pins are removed to permit service
operations
to take place.
NOTE:ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
See page 2,"Notification of Corrective Action" for instructions.