OSHA Inspection: SMITH ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Sep 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,725 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 fall hazards from wheeled equipment rolling and falling
from flatbed trailers
during loading and unloading operations:
At the employer's equipment yard employees routinely load and unload heavy
equipment such as, but not limited to, Genie aerial lifts onto flatbed
trailers which
are not equipped with side rails to prevent equipment roll-off.The
employer does
not have a loading and unloading operational procedures/control plan for
when
employees are instructed to load and unload various pieces of heavy
equipment
for transportation.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct
these
hazards would be to:
(a) Develop and implement a written operating procedural for the loading
and
unloading heavy equipment onto flat bed trailers.
(b) Develop an adequate method to communicate to employees that when there
are possible safety related equipment problems the employees should be
able to
communicate it in writing with a tag and remove the equipment from service.
(c) Develop a procedure for equipment inspection prior to loading and
unloading
at the equipment yard and the equipment's destination/utilization point.
(d) Use only flat bed trailers equipped with side rails for transport of
heavy
equipment.

Issued

Sep 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $2,025 Reduced

Issued

Sep 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,375 Reduced

Issued

Sep 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $2,025 Reduced

Issued

Sep 4, 2012

Abate by

Sep 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced