OSHA Inspection: E. R. CARPENTER COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Oct 15, 1987

Abate by

Mar 15, 1988

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced

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
serious injury from lifting tasks:
a) Employees in the Ruppsville Road Warehouse load 40 pound rolls of
foam carpet padding into highway truck trailers.The rolls are
manually loaded from the floor to the roof of the 13 foot high
trailer thus exposing employees to strain injuries, September 24,
1987.
STEP 1 - Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of
abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of
engineering measures to control employee injury due to manual
lifting tasks. Engineering controls to reduce muscloskeletal
stresses include, but are not limited to job redesign,
reduction of the horizontal and vertical load distance from the
body, reduction of the lifting frequency or weight, and use of
mechanical lifting aids. This plan shall include at a minimum,
target dates for the following actions which must be consistent
with the dates required by this citation.
1) Evaluation of the conditions, locations and manual lifting activities
that the employees are performing.
2) Evaluation of applicable control measure(s).
3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures.
4) Monitoring to assure effective utilization of the control measure(s).
STEP 2 - Abatement shall have been completed by implementation of
feasible engineering controls upon verification of their
effectiveness in reducing the occurrence of musculoskeletal
injuries.