OSHA Inspection: EAST COAST WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION CORP.

Issued

Mar 21, 2005

Abate by

May 14, 2005

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced

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 fall hazards of twelve feet while working off of a raised
pallet and on dislodged
cases of beer to restack the beer cases onto the raised pallet:
Among other methods, the following feasible and acceptable abatement
methods to correct this
hazard are:
1) Establish and train the employees in a safe procedure for accessing
product stacks to
straighten out and restack dislodged goods. This procedure shall preclude
employees from
climbing on loose piles and include the use of fall protection systems and
stable work platforms
such as ladder stairs or personnel platforms on material handling
equipment.
a) Warehouse & Distribution Center, 202 Port Jersey Boulevard, Jersey
City, NJ.
Violation occurred on 12/22/2004.