OSHA Inspection: NATURE'S CHOICE CORPORATION

Issued

Feb 6, 2007

Abate by

Mar 5, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

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 hazards of being struck by, crushed by and falling:
a)  Site:
Employees are not protected from the hazard of being struck by loader
machine.
Violation observed on or about 1/3/2007.
Violation observed again on 4/6/2007.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is:
1) Develop and enforce a written standard operating procedure and train
all the employees. 2)
Install mirrors strategically installed to allow the loader operator to be
able to view the area
where the employees are working from inside the loader body from different
angles. 3) Install
warning devices on the top of the loader which warn operators of the
loaders that a person is
in within close proximity to the body of the loader. 4) Enforce the work
rule of a buddy system
(Co-worker to signal the loader operator that it is safe to dump the
load).

Issued

Feb 6, 2007

Abate by

Mar 13, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $1,750

Issued

Feb 6, 2007

Abate by

Mar 13, 2007

Issued

Feb 6, 2007

Abate by

Mar 13, 2007

Issued

Feb 6, 2007

Abate by

Mar 13, 2007