OSHA Inspection: ALL FOREIGN AUTO PARTS INC.

Issued

Jul 28, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1):  Duties of employers.  Every employer
shall furnish
employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized
hazards that are causing
or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his or her
employees:
Five storage racks located in the warehouse were used to store automotive
parts and were
not secured to the floor of the building to prevent them from falling.
This exposed
employees to possible crushing injuries should the steel storage rack
system tip over and
land on the employees.
Reference ANSI MH 16.1 Specification for Design, Testing, and Utilization
of Industrial
Steel Storage Racks.  Section 1.4.7. Column Base Plates and Anchors.  The
bottom of
all columns shall be furnished with column base plates, as specified in
Section 7.2.  All
rack column shall be anchored to the floor with anchor bolts capable of
resisting the
forces caused by the horizontal and vertical loads on the rack.
One feasible means of abatement would be to follow ANSI MH 16.1 Paragraph
1.4.7 (anchoring
down rack).ring