OSHA Inspection: SUPREMO FOODS, LLC

Issued

Feb 5, 2008

Abate by

Mar 28, 2008

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,925 Reduced

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 the hazards of falls while being elevated on the forks of
a industrial truck
without the means of fall protection:
a)Warehouse area of supermarket: An employee was elevated approximately 118
inches above the ground on the forks of a Caterpillar Hyrdo Electric
industrial
truck (5DB2500), to enable them to reach a pallet of coffee, without any
means
of fall protection, on or about 12/6/07.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to correct this
hazard includes, but is
not limited to the following:
1) Provide an additional portable ladder for use.
2) Implement a policy instructing employees to use the industrial truck to
lower the
needed pallet to ground level in order to retrieve products safely.
3) Provide a work platform for the industrial truck following the
protection outlined in
the ASME Standard B56.1-2000 paragraph 4.17.3 which includes that the
platform
complies with the design requirements in paragraph 7.36.3.
4) Implement precautions for suing an industrial truck to elevate
personnel as outlined
in ASME Standard B56.1-2000 paragraph 4.17.2.
NOTE:  IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER
IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS
ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY
OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.CE

Issued

Feb 5, 2008

Abate by

Mar 28, 2008

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,925 Reduced