OSHA Inspection: TYLER PRODUCTS SALES, INC.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $6,563 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each employee a place of employment which was free from a recognized crushed-by hazard that was causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  (a) On or about September 21, 2023, employees operating the Doosan powered industrial truck were not protected from a crushed-by hazard in that they were observed operating it without wearing the seat belt.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each employee a place of employment which was free from a recognized crushed-by hazard that was causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  (a) On or about September 19, 2023, employees were not protected from a crushed-by hazard in that a spreader bar lifting device was not marked with the weight of the device, its rated load, and other required information, so employees were unable to determine if the loads being lifted were within the limits of all the lifting components.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $6,563 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): The employer did not ensure ladders were used only for the purposes for which they were designed:  (a) On or about September 19, 2023, an employee using a Hart multipurpose ladder was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately nine feet to the concrete floor of the plant when he worked with his back towards the ladder, overreached, did not maintain three points of contact, and was reattaching the ring.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $7,813 · Current $4,688 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):  (a) On or before September 21, 2023, the employer did not ensure that employees required to operate powered industrial trucks were certified to do so; exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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(s):  (a) This violation occurred on September 21, 2023, where an employee was operating a Caterpillar powered industrial truck with a missing seat belt and was exposed to a crushed-by hazard in the event of a tip over because it had not been taken out of service.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $6,563 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(h)(4): Hooks did not meet the manufacturer's recommendations:  (a) On or about September 21, 2023, a Shaw Box 10-ton capacity overhead crane in the plant was found with its hook latch in the open position and not meeting manufacturer(s) recommendations exposing employees to a struck-by hazard in the event the below the hook attachment in use became un-hooked.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(1)(ii)(b): A complete periodic inspection of crane(s) had not been conducted in the past 12 months:  On or about September 21, 2023, the following overhead gantry cranes were being used and periodic inspections had been done since April 2021 exposing operators to a crushed-by hazard: (a) One 10-ton capacity, manufactured by Shaw Box, serial no: 02813 was being used in the east side of the plant. (b) One 15-ton capacity, manufactured by Shaw Box, serial no: 4800 HH was being used in the west side of the plant.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(n)(3)(i): The load was not well secured and properly balanced in the sling or lifting device before it was lifted more than a few inches:  (a) On or about September 19, 2023, a ring being lifted over nine feet above the core of a mold was not secured and properly balanced in that the ring did not have affixed attachment points for the hooks of the chain slings to attach to; exposing an employee to a struck by and fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $6,563 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(c)(6): Slings were not securely attached to their loads:  (a) On or about September 19, 2023, an employee was exposed to a struck-by and fall hazard when it was found that a ring weighing more than 1,300 pounds being lowered onto a core mold was not securely attached and one leg of the sling became unhooked.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(c)(14): Employers used slings without affixed and legible identification markings:  On or about September 19, 2023, an employee was exposed to a crushed-by hazard when it was found that the following slings were being used without affixed and legible identification markings: (a)	 A ? inch single leg steel alloy chain sling did not have affixed markings. (b)	 A ? inch single leg steel alloy chain sling did not have affixed markings. (c)	 A 3/8 inch two-legged steel alloy chain sling did not have legible markings. (d)	 A 3/8 inch two-legged steel alloy chain sling did not have legible markings. (e)	 A wire rope sling did not have legible markings. (f)	 A wire rope sling did not have legible markings.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(d): Sling(s) and all fastenings and attachments were not inspected each day or during use and were not removed from service when damaged or defective:  (a) On or about September 21, 2023, employees were exposed to a crushed-by hazard when it was found that four steel alloy chain slings and two wire rope slings were not being inspected nor had they been removed from service.

Issued

Jan 10, 2024

Abate by

Feb 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $21,875 · Current $13,125 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):   29 CFR  1910.28(b)(1)(i)(C):The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by a personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning systems: