OSHA Inspection: WINN-DIXIE #432

Issued

2004-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

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 freezing conditions:
(a)At the Winn Dixie store number 432, Ozark, Al:  The inside emergency
button to open
the door of the walk-in Ice Cream freezer was broken.  Employees working
in the walk-
in freezer are exposed to being locked inside if the freezer door was
inadvertently closed
by other employees or vendors.  The employee inside would be exposed to
the hazardous
conditions such as but not limited to hypothermia, stress, and / or
anxiety attacks.
Among other methods of abatement is to repair the broken button, and in
the interim to
ensure another employee is posted outside the walk-in Ice Cream freezer
whenever an
employee enters the freezer.