OSHA Inspection: BEALL'S INC.

Issued

Feb 17, 2010

Abate by

Feb 22, 2010

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,375 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 was free of
recognized hazards
that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that
employees were exposed to the hazard of parts of their body being crushed
or amputated due
to contact with the moving parts of the forklift:
a) In building number 810 at the area of the push back storage racks.  A
fork
mounted work platform, manufactured by Vestil Manufacturing Corporation,
is used
to elevate forklift operators to various levels of the push back storage
racks to remove
stuck pallets.  Employees were not protected from contact with the moving
parts of
the forklift because the yellow top guard section of the expanded metal
back
side of
the platform had been removed.  This condition was observed on 2/9/2010
with the
Safety Manager present.
A feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to reinstall
the yellow
expanded metal guard, and insure that the guard remains in place, so that
employees
are protected from the moving parts of the forklift as indicated by the
owners manual
for the Vestil Work Platform, and by standard ANSI/ASME B56.1, "Safety
Standard
For Low Lift and High Lift Fork Trucks" or ITSDF B56.1-2005, "Safety
Standard
for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks.

Issued

Feb 17, 2010

Abate by

Mar 22, 2010

Penalty

Initial $2,275 · Current $1,706 Reduced

Issued

Feb 17, 2010

Abate by

Mar 22, 2010

Penalty

Initial $2,275 · Current $1,706 Reduced

Issued

Feb 17, 2010

Abate by

Mar 22, 2010

Penalty

Initial $2,275 · Current $1,706 Reduced