OSHA Inspection: HORIZON OF TOLEDO, LLC

Issued

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:    a.) Horizon of Toledo, LLC dba Liberty Wholesale Auto Parts, LLC located at 1463 N. Michigan St. Toledo, OH; On or about November 14, 2012, the employer did not assure each powered industrial truck operators performance was evaluated at least once every three years.  Employees use forklifts to move vehicles around the facility and are exposed to struck by and/or crush hazards.

Issued

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v):     Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the fork-lift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:    a.) Horizon of Toledo, LLC dba Liberty Wholesale Auto Parts, LLC located at 1463 N. Michigan St. Toledo, OH; On or about November 14, 2012, the employer did not assure that the man basket used to lift employees to the roof was secured to the lifting carriage of the Mitsubishi fork lift.  On November 6, 2012, an employee fell approximately 16 feet to the ground below after the forks slid out from underneath the man basket. The employee sustained a broken pelvis, broken arm, and internal bleeding.

Issued

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):     Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and fuardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    a.) Horizon of Toledo, LLC dba Liberty Wholesale Auto Parts, LLC located at 1463 N. Michigan St. Toledo, OH; On or about November 14, 2012, the employer did not assure employees were protected from falls of approximately 16 feet while performing roofing work and accessing the man basket to and from a low-slope commercial roof.

Issued

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a):     The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent;    a.) Horizon of Toledo, LLC dba Liberty Wholesale Auto Parts, LLC located at 1463 N. Michigan St. Toledo, OH; On or about November 14, 2012, the employer did not use the appropriate forms for recording injuries and illnesses for the calendar year 2012. The employer did not record an accident requiring hospitalization that occurred on November 6, 2012.