KIMBERLY, WI ·
OSHA Inspection: DICK DEVALK BUILDER
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of DICK DEVALK BUILDER in CORNER OF CORNROW LN & BERGHUIS DR, KIMBERLY, WI 54136 (NAICS 236115). OSHA activity number 306795667.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- DICK DEVALK BUILDER
- Site address
- CORNER OF CORNROW LN & BERGHUIS DR
- City
- KIMBERLY
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54136
- Mailing
- W3022 CTY RD KK, APPLETON, WI 54915
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236115
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1521
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- May 20, 2004
- Abate by
- Jun 7, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $525 · Current $368 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employmnent 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: At the site, employees of Dick De Valk Builder, were exposed to multiple and/or death created by the use of an elevated work platform which was not designed, constructed, and/or used in accordance with the acceptable requirements of the American Safety Standard for Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks, ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 and other acceptable industry practices. For example, the platform did not meet the following design and use requirements of section 8.25 and 5.15 of ASME/ANSI B56.6a in the following areas: (1)Platform dimension exceeded in width more than 10 inches greater than the overall width of the truck on either side, (2)Did not have the maximum work load and empty weight information prominently marked on the platform, (3)Restraining means such as a guardrails or a means of securing personnel such as a body belt or lanyard were not used. (a)At the site, employees were exposed to a tipping hazard when working off of a rough terrain truck using a 16 foot long basket. The platform did not have weight load information, employees were working from the platform when the operator was not at the controls, and the employees were exposed to a fall hazard due to the guard rail system's that was removed from the platforms. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct these hazards are to use safer alternate methods such as a scaffold or use a platform approved by the manufacturer meeting the design, manufacture, and requirements as ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 for all attachments on rough terrain forklifts. Abatement Certification or Documentation Required.tion
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $367.50
- · Z (S) $525.00
1926.1052 C01 I
- Issued
- May 20, 2004
- Abate by
- May 25, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $300 · Current $210 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $210.00
- · Z (S) $300.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 306795667.
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