OSHA Inspection: ARROW DISTRIBUTING INC

Issued

Aug 3, 2011

Abate by

Sep 30, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 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 are exposed to fall hazards ranging from four
to twenty feet
while operating and working from the elevated platform of a Crown
stockpicker.  Falling a
distance of four to twenty feet to the concrete floor below is likely to
result in serious
injuries such as contusions and broken bones or death.
Arrow Distributing Inc -- Throughout the warehouse: The employer failed to
protect
employees from fall hazards greater than 4 feet in height above the next
lower level.
Employees were allowed to stand on and work from the elevated platform of
a vertical
forklift without benefit of a restraint or appropriate fall protection
device.  Instances include,
but are not limited to, employees picking orders while elevated on the
Crown
lift more than
four feet above the ground, without the required use of a restraint device
or harness.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS:
1.Require the use of appropriate restraint methods such as a body belt and
lanyard when
on or working from an elevated platform.
2.Implement a disciplinary policy regarding the use of the stockpicker and
the required
use of appropriate fall protection/restraint devices.
3.Retrain employees with regard to fall protection and disciplinary
policies.
4.Do not elevate employees; store materials at a level or in a manner that
does not
require employees to be elevated.
Abatement certification and abatement documentation is required for this
violation. The
documentation should include written verification of abatement, applicable
measurements or
monitoring results, and photographs or videos which you believe will be
helpful. The
abatement certification sheet is enclosed with the citations.

Issued

Aug 3, 2011

Abate by

Sep 30, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced