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OSHA Inspection: F.D.S. DISPOSAL, INC.

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of F.D.S. DISPOSAL, INC. in CORNER OF BEA AVE. AND DOVE CT., INVERNESS, FL 34452 (NAICS 562212). OSHA activity number 311129522.

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Site address
CORNER OF BEA AVE. AND DOVE CT.
City
INVERNESS
State
FL
ZIP
34452
Mailing
423 WEST GULF TO LAKE HWY, LECANTO, FL 34461
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
562212
SIC code (legacy)
4953
Employees
55
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

1 citation on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Oct 26, 2007
Abate by
Nov 7, 2007
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900
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 a struck-by hazard from other
vehicles and a struck-by and fall hazard from the waste collection vehicle:
a)At the jobsite, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling from or
being struck by a Dempster
RouteKing II waste collection vehicle and being struck by vehicular
traffic, in that: the employees
were allowed to ride on the rear steps of the waste collection vehicle as
it was operated in reverse; the
additional rear riding step was manufactured out of flattened expanded
sheet metal giving it a smooth,
flat, slippery surface; the employees were allowed to ride on the rear
steps of the waste collection
vehicle when it traveled in excess of 0.2 miles, both traveling forward
and in reverse; and, the
employer had attached an additional rear riding step on the vehicle that
extended beyond the rearmost
structural portion of the vehicle.  On or about 5/3/07.
One means of feasible abatement would be to comply with the American
National Standards Institute,
ANSI Z245.1-1999 and 2007, American National Standard for Mobile Wastes
and Recyclable
Materials Collection, Transforation, and Compaction Equipment Safety
Requirements and the
manufacturer's instructions on riding steps and employer responsibilities.
Ensure that employees who
operate any vehicle equipped with riding steps ensure that no persons ride
on the steps when operating
in reverse, or ride on the steps when the distance traveled exceeds 0.2 mi
(0.3km).  Ensure that the
riding steps on the vehicle have a self-cleaning slip-resistant surface.
Ensure that riding steps are
located behind the rearmost axle of the vehicle, but don't extend beyond
the rearmost structural
portion of the vehicle.

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This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 311129522.

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