OSHA Inspection: LIBERTY FRUIT CO., INC.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment:    3100 N. Broadway, St. Louis: The employer did not perform hazard assessment of the yard to determine the need for personal protective equipment for truck drivers who had to walk through a high vehicular traffic area.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.145(c)(2)(i): Caution signs were not used to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe practices:     3100 N. Broadway, St. Louis: Caution signs or markings on the ground were not implemented to warn employees against struck by hazards from heavy vehicular traffic or to alert truck operators of pedestrians walking in the yard.   On 10/04/2014 a box truck backing into an open dock bay struck an employee who was walking across the yard to his assigned work section of the establishment.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3400.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(iii): Formal training did not address requirements of the standard 29 CFR 1910. 178:     3100 N. Broadway, St. Louis: Training provided to an employee who used a motorized pallet jack did not provide information about the requirements of OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.178.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined, at least daily or before each shift if used on a round-the clock basis, before being placed into service:     3100  N. Broadway, St. Louis:  Required safety examination of a powered industrial truck was not conducted before use on a motorized industrial pallet jack which was operated on 10/04/2014.