OSHA Inspection: PETE'S FIVE STAR HOME IMPROVEMENT INC.

Issued

2018-09-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.  A.) On or about March 13, 2018 at Worksite-Parking Garage (1st Floor)  An employee was required to operate a powered industrial truck (i.e. forklift) with an unstable load that exceeded the capacity of the forklift while placing wooden crates containing windows in a staging area within the construction site.  The hazardous condition resulted in an employee sustaining fatal head injuries after his head struck a structural concrete ceiling beam.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

2018-09-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vii): Riding powered industrial trucks was authorized, and a safe place to ride was not provided.  A.) On or about March 13, 2018 at Worksite-Parking Garage (1st Floor)  Employees (i.e. window installation company employees) were allowed to ride/stand on the rear of a powered industrial truck (i.e. forklift) used to load wooden crates containing windows in a staging area within the construction site but a safe place to ride was not provided.  As a result an employee's head struck a low-clearance concrete ceiling beam resulting in a workplace fatality.    ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

2018-09-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

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 (AS REFERENCED IN 1926.602(d)):  A.) On or about March 13, 2018 at Worksite-Parking Garage (1st Floor)  The employer failed to evaluate every three (3) years the performance of a powered industrial truck operator that was required to operate a powered industrial truck during the offloading of window crates from 18 wheel tractor trailers and placement of wooden crates into a staging area within the construction site.    ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19