OSHA Inspection: METZGER FAMILY INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

2008-01-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2008-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $375.00 · Current $281.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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 a fall
hazard:
On or about 12/28/07, employees erecting tie-beam formwork from a job-made
work platform
that was elevated on the forks of a Traverse Lift Lull were exposed to an
approximate 15 foot
fall hazard. The work platform did not comply with The American Society of
Mechanical
Engineers, ASME B56.2-2002, "Safety Standard For Rough Terrain Forklift
Trucks" as it was
not ASME/manufacturer approved, was not secured to the lull forks, and did
not have an
attachment point for a full body harness.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to abate this
hazard is to use an
ASME/manufacturer approved work platform attachment for the lull.hment