OSHA Inspection: PMI INTERNATIONAL STONE IMPORTER

Issued

2019-02-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $5304.00

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 which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that, employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck-by, caught in between and/or crushed by stone slabs:   a) PMI International Stone Importers, Warehouse, 29 Vanderburg Rd., Marlboro, NJ: Employees who remove bundles of stone slabs from shipping containers were exposed to struck-by, caught in between and crushed-by hazards while they worked consistently within the fall shadow of approx. 7000 lb. bundles or stone slabs without protection of bracing or supports.         The employer failed to implement an effective stone slab handling program which addressed and or eliminated the practice of working in shipping containers within the fall shadow of unsupported slabs.    Condition noted on or about 09/04/18.  NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.