OSHA Inspection: AMITY & CO

Issued

Jan 14, 2005

Abate by

Feb 16, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

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 multiple injuries from a falling hazard when employees are
elevated on a pallet used
as a platform on the forks of a powered industrial truck, and the platform
was not secured to
the forks and was not provided with guardrails.
a)Warehouse: the employer allowed employees to be elevated to heights in
excess of ten feet
while standing on a wooden pallet that was not secured to the forks of the
Komatsu, and/ or
Toyota fork lift, serial numbers: SN100710 & 60466, respectively, on or
about November 15,
2004.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is:
A Lifting platform, designed and approved for such use, shall be secured
to
the powered
industrial truck as per American National Standards Institute safety
standard for Low Lift and
High Lift trucks, ANSI/ASME B56.1-2000, Section 4.17.3(b), or employees
shall use a scissors
lift or other appropriate working platform.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIREDATION

Issued

Jan 14, 2005

Abate by

Jan 20, 2005

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300