OSHA Inspection: OAK CREEK DISTRIBUTION, LLC

Issued

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $2800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1): Power-operated industrial trucks not in safe operating condition were not removed from service:      a)  On or about May 18, 2015, at the above located workplace, employees operated propane powered industrial lift trucks that emitted carbon monoxide in excess of the recommended level of 1%. The following lift trucks were not removed from service:         i) Toyota lift truck Number 2, emitted approximately 7.5% carbon monoxide when at idle.         ii) Toyota lift truck Number 3, emitted approximately 7.8% carbon monoxide when at idle and 8.0% when running at load speed.        iii) Toyota lift truck Number 5, emitted approximately 1.1% carbon monoxide when at idle.        iv) Toyota lift truck Number 6, emitted approximately 4.5% carbon monoxide when at idle.         v) Toyota lift truck Number 7, emitted approximately 7.9% carbon monoxide when at idle and 3.3% when running at load speed.        vi)  Toyota lift truck Number 8, emitted approximately 1.4% carbon monoxide when at idle.      vii) Toyota lift truck Number 10, emitted approximately 7.4% carbon monoxide when at idle and 2.8% when running at load speed.    viii) Kalmar AC truck Number 11, emitted approximately 2.0% carbon monoxide when at idle and 5.0% when running at load speed.

Issued

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 ppm:       On or about on May 11, 2015, at the above located workplace, an employee required to while working with and around propane powered lift trucks was exposed to carbon monoxide at a level which exceeded OSHA's Permissible limit.          a) A temporary lift truck operator was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 480 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 117.1 ppm CO level (SAE = 0.312). The percent carboxyhemoglobin (%COHb)  in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 15%. Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account. The 8-hour TWA exposure was 117.1 ppm CO which is 2.34 times the OSHA PEL of 50 ppm CO.  The exposure limit is established to prevent headaches,  nausea, dizziness, hypoxia and asphyxiation.

Issued

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):     On or about May 11, 2015, at the above located workplace, a lift truck operator was exposed to carbon monoxide in excess of the PEL (See Citation 1 Item 1a.  To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section,  feasible engineering or administrative controls were not determined and implemented.          General engineering methods of control applicable in these circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following:     1. Periodic carbon monoxide emissions testing and maintenance on fork lift trucks in operation.       2. Limit carbon monoxide emissions of propane-fueled fork lift trucks to 1 percent.       3. Provide a dilution rate of 10,000 CFM per propane-fueled lift truck       Administrative controls applicable in these circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following:     1.  Train employees in hazards and symptoms of exposure to carbon monoxide.       2.  Substitute propane-fueled lift trucks with electric lift trucks.      3.  Limit the usage of propane-fueled lift trucks.       Reference: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Ventilation Manual (Volume 1,  Section 13),  26th Edition