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OSHA Inspection: BERKSHIRE CORPORATION

Planned inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of BERKSHIRE CORPORATION in 6509 FRANZ WARNER PKWY, WHITSETT, NC 27377 (NAICS 812332). OSHA activity number 310928445.

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OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
6509 FRANZ WARNER PKWY
City
WHITSETT
State
NC
ZIP
27377
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
812332
SIC code (legacy)
7218
Employees
70
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Manufacturing health.

8 citations on file for this inspection.

95012901

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Penalty
Initial $1,400 · Current $980 Reduced
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North Carolina:  The
employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment
and a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to:
a)Warehouse area - employees operating forklifts for shipping and
receiving
purposes
were observed not using the installed seatbelts when rollover protection
was present on
the forklifts.
REFERENCE:  ASME B56.1-1993, Part II, Paragraph 5.3.19, Operating Safety
Rules and
Practices, Traveling.
An active operator protection device or system, when provided, shall be
used.  Operator
protection in the event of tipover is intended to reduce the risk of
entrapment of the
head and torso between the truck and the ground but may not protect the
operator
against all possible injury (see para. 7.2.2).
NOTE:  Among other methods of abatement, one feasible and acceptable
method to correct this
hazard is to require that all employees wear seatbelts during forklift
operations.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $980.00
  • · Z (S) $1400.00

95012901

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Penalty
Initial $500 · Current $350 Reduced
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North Carolina:  The
employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment
and
a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to:
a)Non-woven line - the bottom running (underhung) bridge crane installed
on the
Interleave Machine had no label to indicate the rated load capacity.
REFERENCE:  ANSI B30.11-1980, Chapter 11-1, Section 11-1.1.1 - Rated Load
Markings -
Crane
ABATEMENT NOTE:  Among other abatement methods, one feasible and
acceptable method
to correct this hazard is to have the crane labeled with the load tested
capacity.e
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $350.00
  • · Z (S) $500.00

1910.215 A04

Serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Penalty
Initial $500 · Current $350 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $350.00
  • · Z (S) $500.00

1910.215 B09

Serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S)
  • · Z (S)

1910.134 E05 I

Other-than-serious 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Aug 29, 2007

Hazardous substances 9010

Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.303 G01 II

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.304 F04

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.1200 H02 III

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jul 13, 2007
Abate by
Jul 18, 2007
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

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