OSHA Inspection: DYNAMIC SCENERY & SUPPLY CO.

Issued

Jun 9, 2009

Abate by

Jun 12, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

General-duty citation text

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1):  Duties of employers.  The employer
failed to furnish
employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized
hazards that were
causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees:
The employer failed to ensure that employees worked from a safe personnel
platform, as
follows:
a.At the Dynamic Scenery & Supply Co.'s west entrance, two employees were
exposed to a ten foot fall while working from a makeshift pallet that was
being
used as a personnel platform that had been placed onto the tines of a
forklift
(make: Heli, model no: CPYD25-TY, serial no: 23025F2734). The employees
worked from this pallet for purposes of installing a company sign over the
west
entrance to the employer's reception area. The platform was unsafe in that
it did
not contain the following required elements:
Reference: ASME B56.1-1993 Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift
Trucks, Section 7.35 Platforms - Elevating,
7.35.1 Platforms used for elevating personnel shall have:
(c)protection for personnel in their normal working position on the
platform
from moving parts of the truck that represent a hazard;
(d)restraining means such as a guard rail or a means for securing personnel
such as a body belt and lanyard;
(g)a structural safety factor of not less than 3 to 1 based on the minimum
yield strength of the materials used for all load supporting structural
elements and platform attachment means;
7.35.3 Work platforms (does not include operator platforms) shall comply
with
para. 7.35.1 and, in addition, shall have:
(a)a 4 inch minimum height toe plate and restraining means;
(c)means to securely attach the platform to the lifting carriage or forks,
and
to prevent the lifting carriage or forks from pivoting upward;
(d)means to correctly locate the platform centered laterally on the truck;
(e)...not have a width greater than the overall width of the truck
(measured
across the load bearing tires) plus 10 inches on either side;
(i)the following information prominently indicated on the platform:
(1)maximum load including personnel and equipment;(2)weight of empty
platform;
(3)minimum capacity of truck on which the platform can be used.
One feasible means of abatement would be to use a platform designed
according
to the requirements contained in section 7.35.

Issued

Jun 9, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

Jun 9, 2009

Abate by

Jun 12, 2009