OSHA Inspection: DRURY DESIGNS CUSTOM HOMES, INC.

Issued

2007-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $375.00 · Current $375.00

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:
Elevated work platforms used with rough terrain forklift trucks as
designed by the manufacturer
must meet design, construction and use requirements as outlined by the
American National
Standard Institute ASME/ANSI B56.6-2005, Safety Standards for Rough
Terrain Forklift
Trucks, Section 5.15.1, which requires; If a rough terrain forklift truck
must be used to lift
people, the following precautions for the protection of personnel be
taken: paragraph (a) provide
a personnel platform which complies with the design requirements listed in
Part III of this
Standard, paragraph (b) be certain that the platform is securely attached
to the lifting carriage
and forks, paragraph (k) be certain that required straining means such as
railings,
chains, cable,
body belt(s) with lanyard(s), etc., are in place and properly used,
paragraph (s) When the
operator is not in the operating position, block the truck wheels and
apply the parking brake with
all travel controls in neutral, and paragraph (w) platform shall be
lowered to floor level for
personnel to enter and exit.
a) On 7/12/07, at the home construction site at 2921 Waubenoor Dr. in
Green Bay, WI an
employee was working approximately 20 feet above the ground from the
platform mounted on
the forks of the Lull 644B-42  which did not meet the design and use
requirements of
ANSI/ASME B56.6 2002 in the following areas:
1.  The platform was not secured firmly to the lifting carriage and the
forks; the platform
was secured only be means of nylon tie down straps wrapped around the
platform and forks.
2.  Guardrails were missing from the platform.
3.  The employee working from the platform exited the platform without
lowering it the
ground level.
4.  The wheels of the Lull were not blocked when the machine was parked
behind the
house on a slope and no one was attending the controls.
5.  The platform was designed so that it could be centered longitudinally
on the forks.
Part III of this Section 8.24.1(g) requires a means so that the platform
can only be centered
laterally on the forklift truck.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement means to correct
these hazards are to
use a platform meeting the requirements of ANSI/ASME with guard rails,
ensure that the
platform is oriented laterally on the forks, and securely attached, and to
lower the platform to
the floor level prior to entering or exiting the platform.
Abatement Certification and Abatement Documentation required.

Issued

2007-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-08-07 00:00:00