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OSHA Inspection: VIRGINIA APPLE STORAGE INC

Planned inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of VIRGINIA APPLE STORAGE INC in 1955 VALLEY AVE, WINCHESTER, VA 22601 (NAICS 493130). OSHA activity number 307290841.

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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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
1955 VALLEY AVE
City
WINCHESTER
State
VA
ZIP
22601
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
493130
SIC code (legacy)
4221
Employees
12
Ownership type
Private (A)
Industry flags
Manufacturing health.

2 citations on file for this inspection.

510001 A

Serious 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
May 10, 2004
Abate by
May 20, 2004
Penalty
Initial $100 · Current $100
40.1-51.1(a) of the Code of Virginia: The employer, Virginia Apple Storage
Inc., did not furnish employment and a
place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were
causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to pinch points
created when the elevator floor passed by
the hoist-way openings.
The Hollister-Whitney freight elevator was equipped with vertically
sliding gates to protect employees from contact
with pinch points.  These gates were held open by vise-grips.
A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, 204.4h Vertically Sliding
Doors and Gates, requires gates to extend
from a point not more than 1 inch above the floor, to the full height of
the car entrance opening.
One feasible method of abatement would be the removal of the vise-grips to
allow the gates to function as intended.

1910.134 C01 II

Other-than-serious 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
May 10, 2004
Abate by
Jun 12, 2004

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 307290841.

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