OSHA Inspection: TOBU CORP

Issued

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $3215.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(7): Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection. Protection from fall hazards. Openings.  The employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface near an opening, including one with a chute attached, where the inside bottom edge of the opening is less than 39 inches (99 cm) above that walking-working surface and the outside bottom edge of the opening is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by the use of:             1910.28(b)(7)(i): Guardrail systems;           1910.28(b)(7)(ii): Safety net systems;           1910.28(b)(7)(iii): Travel restraint systems; or           1910.28(b)(7)(iv): Personal fall arrest systems  a) On or about May 23, 2023 the employer did not ensure that employees working near the dock area opening which measured 4 ft. from to the lower level ground, were being protected from fall hazards. In that no guardrail systems, no safety net systems, no travel restraint systems, nor personal fall arrest systems were present. As a result, an employee fell from the dock area opening onto the concrete parking area causing serious head injuries that lead to employee's passing.

Issued

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.30(a)(3): Walking Working Surfaces. Training requirements. Fall hazards. The employer must train each employee in at least the following topics:                1910.30(a)(3)(i):   The nature of the fall hazards in the work area and how to recognize them;                1910.30(a)(3)(ii):  The procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards;                1910.30(a)(3)(iii): The correct procedures for installing, inspecting, operating, maintaining, and disassembling the personal fall protection systems that the                                                           employee uses; and                 1910.30(a)(3)(iv): The correct use of personal fall protection system and equipment specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, including, but not limited to,                                                           proper hook-up, anchoring, and tie-off techniques, and methods of equipment inspection and storage, as specified by the manufacturer.    a) On or about May 23, 2023 the employer did not ensure proper training for truck drivers loading and unloading trucks in the recognition of fall hazards, the procedures to be followed to minimize fall hazards, and the correct procedures for installing and using a personal fall protection system while working near the loading dock openings.  As a result, an employee fell from the dock area opening onto the concrete parking lot causing serious head injuries that lead to employee's passing.

Issued

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $501.00 · Current $3215.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.2(a)(1): Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties. Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards. Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.  a) On or about May 23, 2023, employer failed to post and keep posted a notice or notices, informing employees of the protections and obligations under the OSHAct.

Issued

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2): Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.  a) On or about May 23, 2023 the employer failed to report to OSHA an accident within twenty-four hours that resulted in a hospitalization of an employee.  OSHA-Cincinnati Area Office received a phone call from a friend of the injured employee to let us know about the hospitalization (Employer did not call to report the hospitalization of an employee after an accident).