OSHA Inspection: RICHMOND AUTOMOTIVE

Issued

Feb 28, 2007

Abate by

Mar 6, 2007

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 the hazards of being struck by rolling vehicles:
a)  on or about October 16, 2006, employees were exposed to the hazards of
being struck
by a vehicle being which rolled off the alignment machine.
Among other methods, feasible and useful, to correct this hazard one
method of abatement
would be to provide the following:
1) a system of wheel chocks or similar restraint device outside the
vehicle to prevent
vehicles from inadvertently rolling off the alignment machine's inclined
ramp.
2) training employees in the hazards of operating the alignment machine
and
the methods
to control or eliminate those hazards including but not limited to
following instructions in the
alignment system's operator's manual. P. iii: "Read lift manufacturer's
operations instructions
carefully".

Issued

Feb 28, 2007

Abate by

Mar 5, 2007