OSHA Inspection: SUBCON TOOL ACCUTOOL MACHINE GROUP INC

Issued

2015-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):  of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to crush injuries, caught between, and struck by hazards from industrial trucks not being equipped with operator restraint devices:      A.)  Subcon Tool Accutool Machine Group Inc. dba Accutool; warehouse - On or about 7/29/15 and at time prior thereto, an employee was operating a Clark industrial fork truck that was not equipped with a seat-belt.

Issued

2015-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i): 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.    A.)  Subcon Tool Accutool Machine Group Inc. dba Accutool - On or about 7/29/15, the company had not performed a reevaluation of employees who operate the forklifts.  Employees operated powered industrial trucks including, but not limited to the Clark forklift.

Issued

2015-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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.)  Subcon Tool Accutool Machine Gropu Inc. dba Accutool; warehouse -  On or about 7/29/15, the company had a Clark forklift that had a damaged/modified operators seat that was modified with cardboard.  A 'replacement seat" was fashioned out of cardboard and used on the industrial truck.