OSHA Inspection: PREFERRED TRANSIT AKA BRINKER ENTERPRISES

Issued

2010-12-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not
furnish to each of his employees 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 being struck by a load of
wall panels
collapsing and falling off a truck:
Location: 15th St at Chestnut St, Brooklyn, N.Y.
On or about 6/25/2010
a)
Eleven wall panels made of ceramic and steel were loaded on the flatbed
truck standing
vertical without proper support.  Nylon straps were used to keep the
panels standing; (total
wt 13,000 lb).  When straps were removed during loading/ unloading of the
truck the panels
were unsupported. Employees were exposed to truck load collapse hazard.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS:
Provide an A-Frame support rack to secure and support the wall panels on
the flatbed
truck, similar to racks used to transport glass or marble slabs.
NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT
CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.