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OSHA Inspection: R B'S REFRIGERATION SERVICES, INC.

Unprogrammed Related inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Related safety inspection of R B'S REFRIGERATION SERVICES, INC. in 228 S.CHURTON STREET, HILLSBOROUGH, NC 27278 (NAICS 238910). OSHA activity number 311344519.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
228 S.CHURTON STREET
City
HILLSBOROUGH
State
NC
ZIP
27278
Mailing
12210 WASHINGTON HIGHWAY, SUITE B, ASHLAND, VA 23005
Inspection type
Unprogrammed Related (G)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238910
SIC code (legacy)
1711
Employees
24
Ownership type
Private (A)
Industry flags
Construction safety.

3 citations on file for this inspection.

95012901

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Dec 28, 2007
Abate by
Jan 3, 2008
Penalty
Initial $175 · Current $175
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 in that an
employee was exposed to the hazard of falling or being thrown from, being
struck and/or crushed by a ROPS
equipped, powered industrial truck when not using the installed and
attached seatbelt:
a)site, where an employee was observed operating a Yale Powered Industrial
Truck, model
GLP050TGEUAV086, serial #A875B23511A, 5,000 lbs capacity, equipped with
rollover
protective structures (ROPS) when the installed and attached seat belt was
not fastened and in
use.
Feasible and acceptable abatement methods, among others, to correct this
hazard is to:
1) prohibit employees from operating powered industrial trucks without the
installed
seatbelt fastened and in use when equipped with rollover protective
structures (ROPS),
2) train all operators on the specific requirements associated with
powered industrial truck
usage and the associated warnings and cautions.
Reference:Yale Powered Industrial Truck Operator's Manual,
GP/GLP/GDP040-060 RG/TG/ZG
(A875)

1910.178 L01 I

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Dec 28, 2007
Abate by
Jan 25, 2008
Penalty
Initial $175 · Current $175

1910.178 Q07

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Dec 28, 2007
Abate by
Jan 3, 2008
Penalty
Initial $175 · Current $175

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 311344519.

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