OSHA Inspection: NOVELART MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6519.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4): Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe operation shall not be performed by the customer or user without manufacturers prior written approval. Capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags, or decals shall be changed accordingly.    The employer was using a work platform attachment with a Crown sit-down forklift that affected the capacity and safe operation without the manufacturer's written approval.

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered.    The employer was using a work platform attachment with a Crown sit-down truck on August 7, 2017, and the truck had not been marked to show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation and load laterally centered.

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8149.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(G): Fork and attachment adaptation, operation, and use limitations;    The employer did not provide training to sit-down powered truck operators on the proper and safe use of the work platform attached to the sit-down powered forklift truck.

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1): (a) Fall hazards. (1) Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart.  Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017.    The employer had not provided fall hazard training to employees exposed to fall hazards in the work place on or before May 17, 2017.

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9778.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied.    On August 7, 2017, outside the warehouse bathrooms, a forklift operator did not ensure the work platform was attached to prevent the platform from coming off the forks with the employee in the work platform and when going around a corner the platform tipped over and the employee's hand got caught between the metal frame and ground causing an amputation to the first digit of the right middle finger.

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9778.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.    The employer had not ensured that an inspection was completed by a competent person to ensure the work platform was properly attached to the forklift and to ensure the work platform meets guardrail requirements when on August 7, 2017 a sit-down forklift with an employee in the work platform tipped over while turning the corner outside the warehouse bathrooms.

Issued

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6519.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they shall be installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.    On August 7, 2017, in the Refrigeration Room, the employee in the metal work platform used by the forklift operator was exposed to a 25 ft. fall hazard due to the lack of a midrail and/or sufficient vertical members to reduce the gap to less than 19 inches.