OSHA Inspection: KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Nov 1, 2013

Abate by

Nov 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,925 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North
Carolina:  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 falls from elevation:
a)facility, where employees were exposed to fall hazards at heights up to
nine (9)
feet due to the method of assembling the pallet racks while standing
within the
same rack.
b)facility, where employees were climbing down the ends of the racks once
assembled from heights of or exceeding nine (9) feet.
Among other methods, one feasible method to correct this hazard is to
assemble the pallet racks
from a scissor lift.