OSHA Inspection: ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,097 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.    Location:  Loading Dock and Customers job site.    Princeton forklift operators have not received formal instruction in the use of the forklift.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(H): The employer did not adequately train forklift operators in forklift capacities.      Facility:    Employees were unaware of the capacity of forklifts used or the restrictions imposed by forklift capacity plates.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(J): The employer did not provide training for any vehicle inspection the operator will be required to perform.    Facility:    Instance A:   The forklift training provided by the company is inadequate to train employees how to inspect their forklifts.    Instance B:  Training on the Princeton forklift is inadequate to ensure that tire pressure is being adequately maintained.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Nov 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,130 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:    Location:  Facility    Forklifts are not being inspected before use in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,097 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(B): Refresher training in relevant topics was not provided to the operator when the operator was involved in an accident or near-miss incident:    Facility:    Operators involved in near misses and accidents have not received refresher training.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $40,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(o)(1): The employer did not ensure that only stable or safely arranged loads were handled:      Location:  Loading Dock    Forklift operators perform tandem lifts to lift some large or awkward objects such a ReLo Cubes.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(o)(2): Load(s) were being handled with no means of determining whether the rated capacity of the industrial truck(s) were exceeded.    Location:  Facility  The facility has no forklifts with scales to allow the weighing of loads.  The weight of some loads, including 'Relo Cubes', is unknown and some operators have been injured when too heavy loads they were lifting caused the forklifts to tip forward.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $30,487 · Current $20,000 Reduced

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:    The facility is not evaluating forklift operators performance at least every 3 years.    ABF Freight Systems, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (1910.178 (l)(4)(iii)), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1075239, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on August 17, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 8630 Hall Street in Saint Louis, MO.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $71,137 · Current $10,000 Reduced

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:    Facility:    A Unicarriers forklift had excessive tire wear but was not removed from service.     ABF Freight was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1910.178 (p)(1)), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1124950, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on March 25, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 4209 Gardner Avenue in Kansas City, MO.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $71,137 · Current $20,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 crushing and fall related injuries due to a failure to wear seat belts:    Facility:    The company is not requiring the use of seat belts by forklift operators thereby allowing them to be exposed to crushing hazards.     ABF Freight System, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard ( Section 5 (a)(1) of the OSHAct ), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 993026 citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 20, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 7 Depot Hill Road in Enfield CT.

Issued

Nov 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The training certification did not include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:  Facility:  Training and evaluation certificates for at least two employees did not include the identity of the trainer or evaluator.