OSHA Inspection: WICKES LUMBER A DIVISION OF BRADCO SUPPLY CORP.

Issued

Jan 5, 2006

Abate by

Feb 7, 2006

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,072 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 crushing or struck by hazards when loading and/or
unloading dressed lumber
from the flatbed of a delivery tractor trailer:
a) Wickes Lumber, Exton, PA.  -  On October 10, 2005 a delivery driver was
struck in
the head by a large falling wooden beam, approximately 20 feet in length
and weighing
approximately 446 pounds, when he unstrapped the last of 5 securing straps
in
preparation to offloading the beam from the flatbed of a tractor trailer.
The beam was
resting on an unstable surface at the top of several tiered bundles of
lumber, the tractor
trailer was loaded in excess of the maximum federal gross vehicle weight
limit by
approximately 10,800 pounds, and the tractor trailer was parked on an
incline
measured
between 3 and 5 degrees with the pitch of the incline in favor of the
falling board
gravitating in the direction of the driver. The employer's training
program for cargo load
securement did not include provisions for the proper loading and
securement of dressed
lumber and lumber building products for which there are very specific
regulations and
recommendations enforced and subscribed to by both The United States and
Canadian
Transportation Agencies and the Transportation community. Additionally,
there was no
mechanism or procedure for ensuring that trucks were not loaded over their
safe weight
limits and there were no provisions for performing audits or inspections
of employees
properly loading and securing cargo.
ABATEMENT NOTE:  AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND
ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO ESTABLISH AND
IMPLEMENT A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE LOADING AND SECUREMENT
OF DRESSED LUMBER AND LUMBER PRODUCTS MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION'S CARGO SECUREMENT RULES (49 CFR PART 393) AND
THE CANADIAN NATIONAL SAFETY CODE FOR MOTOR CARRIERS,
STANDARD 10: CARGO SECUREMENT.
NOTE: ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIREDATION

Issued

Jan 5, 2006

Abate by

Jan 10, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $2,072

Issued

Jan 5, 2006

Abate by

Jan 9, 2006