OSHA Inspection: TARGET DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Issued

Mar 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,100 · Current $5,100

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 a hazard of being thrown off of a stand-up type forklift.     A) Shipping Department, on or about October 27, 2014, employees operate Crown stand-up type forklifts with 3 wheels in side tractor trailers/containers without determining the floor load capacity of the trailers/containers before operating the forklift inside the trailer/containers, creating a condition where one of the wheels could fall through the floor of the trailer causing the operator to be dislodged from the forklift operator's station.      One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to determine the floor load capacity of the trailer and compare it to the weight of the forklift per wheel with and without a load and do not over load the floor capacity of the trailer.

Issued

Mar 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,550 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet:    By fence in shop area, on or about October 28, 2014, an oxygen cylinder in storage was not properly separated from an acetylene gas cylinder, exposing employees to a fire hazard.