OSHA Inspection: PAUL MILLER TOYOTA

Issued

2007-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $1634.00 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 the hazard of being crushed struck or pinned by a falling
automobiles:
On or about September 5, 2006
Location: Automotive repair shop at 411 West Route 59, Monsey NY.
a) Employees operated lifts with swing arm safety locks that were broken
and/or did not operate
on the following automotive lifts. 1) Lift #1 Benwel GPO-9 SN J985353 2)
Lift #2 Benwel GP-7
SN B880997 3) Lift #4 Benwel TP-7 SN 10668 4) Lift #5 Challenger 30000 5)
Lift #6 Benwell
TP-7 SN 10292 6) Lift #7 Benwel GPOA-9 SN B983207 7) Lift #9 Challenger
30000 8) Lift
#13 Benwel GPOA-9 SN 009607
b) Lifts were not inspected and maintained by the employer as required by
the manufactures
owners manual.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS:
a) Follow the service, maintenance and operating requirements as per the
manufactures
instructions stated on
Page 1 Warning Item 9 "Perform scheduled maintenance and inspections as
required, and replace
damaged or worn parts"
Page 1 Warning Item 16 "Do not operate lift if any safety devices are
inoperative"
Page 2 Warning Item 18 " Inspect your lift daily. Never operate if it
malfunctions or if it has
broken or damaged parts"
Page 4 Operations " Warning do not raise vehicle until all four swing arms
are locked"
Page 6 Monthly Service "Swing arm positioning lock bars should be checked
for proper
operation and function. Damaged or worn parts must be replaced
immediately."
Page 8 Service Three Months " Overall visual inspection should include the
basic lift structure
and the lift arms. Arms should telescope freely and swing easily. If any
parts are worn or
damaged replace immediately. Make inspection more often than every three
months if the lift
is subjected to constant use."
b) Instruct and retrain the employees in the proper use of the
manufactures procedures for the
safe operation of automotive lifts, including use of all safety features
of the automotive lifts.
Enforce the proper use of all safety features.
c) Obtain and display the manufactures operating instructions. Implement a
safety program that
ensures that the safety requirements of the following publications are
followed. i) The ANSI/ALI
standard ALOIM-2000 (Standard for Automotive Lifts - Safety Requirements
for Operation,
Inspection and Maintenance.) which includes the following.4.2.2: "ANSI/ALI
B153.1-1990 requires the lift manufacturer to supply operating
instructions,
general safety information, safety tips, and warning labels with each lift
manufactured. The
owner or employer shall display these materials in a conspicuous location
in the lift area."
4.3: "Operator Training Documentation. The owner or employer shall
appropriately document
operator training by completing the operator training log found in the
appendix to this standard."
4.4.2: "The operator shall use all applicable safety features provided on
the automotive lift, and
operate in accordance with the instructions furnished by the lift
manufacturer."
4.4.4: "The lift owner or employer shall take all appropriate steps to
follow the recommended
inspection procedures of the lift manufacturer, but in no event shall the
lift operator fail to
inspect or take notice of the following features on a daily basis:"
1) accessibility and readability of the operating procedures, safety tips
and generic safety
material;
2) accessibility and readability of safety warning labels;
4) proper operation of the lift controls, restraints and locking device "
7) damage or excessive wear on any of the lift contact points which engage
the vehicle
during lifting.
5.1: "The owner or employer shall establish a periodic inspection
procedure in accordance with
the recommendations of the lift manufacturer in order to assure the
continued safe operation of
the lift."
6.1.1: " The owner or employer shall establish a periodic preventive
maintenance procedure in
accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer in order to ensure
the continued safe
operation of the lift."
6.1.4: "A thorough record of each preventive maintenance procedure
performed shall be
prepared and maintained by the owner or employer noting the specific
checks made, the parts
replaced, the adjustments made, the results of any measurements taken and
the recommendations
made."
6.2.4: "A thorough record of each repair maintenance procedure performed
shall be prepared
and maintained by the owner or employer."
d) Follow th The Automotive Lift Institute publication "Lifting it Right",
which includes the
following.
Page 9: "Do not operate a damaged lift."
Page 11: "If any part of the lift is damaged or not operating properly, do
not use the lift or
attempt to fix it."
NOTE: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this
item in
accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2007-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $683.00 Reduced

Issued

2007-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $683.00 Reduced