OSHA Inspection: SUPREME BRIGHT TYLER, LLC

Issued

2015-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

Section (5)(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer does not furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized fall, struck-by and crushed-by hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees:    a) This violation occurred on or about September 18, 2014, at a workplace located at 350 W. Heritage Drive, Tyler, Texas 75703; where at least one (1) employee entered into a wooden bin to remove trash and construction debris from the 4th story of the building.  The wooden bin was elevated by a rough-terrain forklift truck and rested unsecured on the forks, which were exposed the employee to the hazards of falling to the lower level and being struck-by and crushed by falling trash, construction debris, and the wooden bin.       b) This violation occurred on or about September 18, 2014, and at times prior thereto, at a workplace located at 350 W. Heritage Drive, Tyler, Texas 75703; where employees, traveling in and working from an unsecured wooden bin that was supported and elevated by a rough-terrain forklift, were exposed to the hazards of falling to the lower level and being struck-by and crushed-by the wooden bin.

Issued

2015-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by 29 CFR 1910.178(l):    a) Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck, the employer does not ensure that each operator has been trained.  This violation occurred on or about September 18, 2014, and at times prior thereto, at a workplace located at 350 W. Heritage Drive, Tyler, Texas; where employees operated a rough-terrain forklift truck without having first completed training consisting of formal instruction, practical training, and an evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.