OSHA Inspection: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

Mar 14, 2018

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $12,934

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment that 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 struck by and crushing hazards while engaged in overhead crane operations:   The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by and crushing hazards. This was most recently documented on or about November 3, 2017, at the workstation 2-297F Plant II factory located at 3801 S. Oliver St., Wichita, Kansas. Employees engaged in overhead crane operations were exposed to struck by and crushing hazards in the following instances:   a. At the workstation 2-297F Plant II factory, the sling hooks were provided without safety latches to securely attach the sling hooks to the load.  b. At the workstation 2-297F Plant II factory, the overhead crane operator and the employees on the ground did not utilize a consistent form of communication to include, but not limited to, hand signals and/or radio communication when handling loads.     Among other means, one feasible and acceptable method to abate this hazard is to follow what is required by ASME B30.2 - 2011 (Revision of ASME B30.2 - 2005) including but not limited to;  Chapter 2-1, Section 2-1.14: Hoisting Equipment, para. 2-1.14.5 Hooks shall meet the manufacturer's recommendations and shall not be overloaded. Latch-equipped hooks shall be used unless the application makes the use of the latch impractical or unnecessary.   Chapter 2-3, Operator Training and Operation, Section 2-3.3.3 Responsibilities of Management(Owners/Users), para. 2-3.3.3(b) Provide training to persons who will operate a crane.   Chapter 2-3, Signals, Section 2-3.6 Signals, para. 2-3.6.1 (c) Hand Signals shall be posted conspicuously and should be illustrated.

Issued

Mar 14, 2018

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $12,934

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(n)(2)(iii): The employer did not ensure that care was taken to prevent the sling from contacting obstacles:  The employer is failing to protect the employees from struck-by and crushing hazards associated with overhead crane activities. This was most recently documented on November 3, 2017, at the workstation 2-297F Plant II factory located at 3801 S. Oliver St., Wichita, Kansas.  Employees were exposed to struck-by and crushing hazards related to the displacement of tooling and/or other materials due to unintended sling contact.  A cheek skin tool was displaced from its cradle after being contacted and caught by the sling hook. The employer did not ensure that care was taken to prevent the sling from contacting obstacles.

Issued

Mar 14, 2018

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $12,934

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(n)(3)(vi): The employer did not require that the operator of crane(s) avoid carrying loads over people:  The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by and crushing hazards associated with overhead crane operations when loads are being moved above employees that are walking or working in the load fall zone. This was most recently documented on November 3, 2017 at the workstation 2-297F Plant II factory located at 3801 S. Oliver St., Wichita, Kansas.  Employees are exposed to struck-by and crushing hazards in that employer is not ensuring that employees are not beneath suspended loads.