OSHA Inspection: TRUCKMAN SERVICES, LLC

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(k)(1): The brakes of highway truck(s) were not set and wheel chocks placed under the rear wheels to prevent truck(s) from rolling:    a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street, Erie PA: On or about November 7, 2014 the employer did not ensure that trailers were chocked while employees entered them with a forklift.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,310 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street, Erie PA: On or about November 4, 2014 a Mitsubishi forklift was in need of repair due to the vehicles brakes not working properly. The employer did not ensure the forklift was taken out of service in a way to ensure that employees did not use or operate the forklift.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.145(c)(2)(i): Caution signs were not used to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe practices:  a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street, Erie PA: On or about November 4, 2014 a Mitsubishi forklift was in need of repairs due to the brakes not working properly. A shop made sign utilizing cardboard and a marker was placed on the seat to inform employees not to use. The sign did not caution employees that the forklift was unsafe to operate.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.145(d)(6): The standard color of the background for a Safety instruction sign was not white with black letters, or a background color of green with white letters:  a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street, Erie PA: On or about November 4, 2014 a Mitsubishi forklift was in need of repairs due to the brakes not working properly. A shop made sign utilizing cardboard and a marker was placed on the seat to inform employees not to use. The sign did not meet the requirements for a safety instruction sign.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii): The employer did not provide refreasher training to all employees engaged in the unsafe operation and use of forklifts:    a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street in Erie, PA: On or about November 7, 2014 the employer did not ensure that employees were retrained after incidents and/or near misses involving forklifts including an incident that involved a forklift operator getting a forklift wheel stuck in between the dock plate and the truck trailers.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street in Erie, PA: On or about November 7, 2014 the employer did not ensure that an evaluation of each forklift operator was conducted at least once every three years.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:   a) Truckman Services, LLC / 3025 West 17th Street, Erie, PA: On or about November 7, 2014 the employer did not have a written hazard communication. Company employees work with and around hazardous substances including but not limited to propane cylinders and hydraulic fluids.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $385 Reduced

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29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): The Log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA From 300 or equivalent), was not completed in detail as required by the regulation:    a.) Truckman Services, LLC, 3025 West 17th Street, Erie, PA: On or about November 7, 2014, the employer's OSHA Form 300, Log for Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, for calendar year 2014 did not contain sufficient detail about the object/substance that directly injured the employee in Column F of the 300 Log.