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OSHA Inspection: REPUBLIC PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY INCORPORATED

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of REPUBLIC PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY INCORPORATED in 257 OAK STREET, PEMBROKE, MA 02359 (NAICS 423720). OSHA activity number 306806316.

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OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
257 OAK STREET
City
PEMBROKE
State
MA
ZIP
02359
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
423720
SIC code (legacy)
5074
Employees
13
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2003
Abate by
Sep 15, 2003
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 Reduced
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 crushing hazards associated with fork truck tipover
when operating a fork
truck on a ramp without using a seat belt and where the ramp was bowed and
where there was
a dropoff because the retaining wall did not extend to the end of the ramp:
257 Oak Street, Pembroke Massachusetts:
An untrained employee was going down a ramp on a fork truck with an empty
pallet with
the forks raised 7 to 8 feet. The ramp was bowed and a retaining wall
along one side of
the ramp did not extend the length of the ramp. The operator was not
wearing a seatbelt.
The fork truck tipped over and the operator attempted to jump off and was
crushed by
the fork truck.
Feasible and useful methods to abate this hazard include but are not
limited to the
following:
a. Enforcing the use of seat belts by fork truck operators.
b. Discontinuing using the ramp.
c. Rebuilding the ramp to remove the bow.
d. Building a longer and higher retaining wall.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3675.00
  • — Z (S) $4900.00

1910.178 L01 I

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2003
Abate by
Aug 20, 2003
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3675.00
  • — Z (S) $4900.00

1910.178 N07 III

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2003
Abate by
Aug 20, 2003
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3675.00
  • — Z (S) $4900.00

1910.178 P01

Other-than-serious Gravity 10 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2003
Abate by
Aug 20, 2003
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $2625.00
  • — Z (S) $3500.00

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