OSHA Inspection: WILSON TRAILER COMPANY

Issued

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12934.00 · Current $8500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(b)(1): The top edge height of top rails, or equivalent guardrail system members, were not 42 inches, plus or minus 3 inches, above the walking-working surface:    The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards of 8' 2" when working from catwalks.  This was most recently documented at 2314 E Hwy 30, Grand Island, NE 68802 inside service bay 1 on or about February 6, 2018 and at times prior when employees accessed the east catwalk which had a top rail height of 32" and the west catwalk which had a top rail height of 34.5" above the walking-working surface.

Issued

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(b)(2): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the walking/working surface when there was no wall or parapet wall at least 21 inches (53 cm) high:     The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards of 8' 2" when working from catwalks.  This was most recently documented at 2314 E Hwy 30, Grand Island, NE 68802 inside service bay 1 on or about February 6, 2018 and at times prior when employees accessed the east and west catwalks which had guardrail systems that were not equipped with either midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members installed that meet the requirements of 1910.29(b)(2)(I) to 1910.29(b)(2)(iv).

Issued

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $8500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by hazards when employees operate powered industrial truck(s).  This was most recently documented at 2314 E Hwy 30, Grand Island, NE 68802 on February 6, 2018 and at times prior when employees operated the forklift (Nissan, model # PJ02A25PV, serial # PJ02-9H2763) without receiving either initial operator training and evaluation, or a refresher training and evaluation at least once every three years thereafter.

Issued

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $8500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(3): Manual force used to move the scaffold was not applied as close to the base as practicable, but no more than 5 feet above the supporting surface.  This requirement is applicable to general industry work per 29 CFR 1910.27:    The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by and fall hazards of 5' 4" while occupying mobile scaffolds while they are moved.  This was most recently documented at 2314 E Hwy 30, Grand Island, NE 68802 inside the areas of service bay 4 on or about February 2, 2018 and at times prior when an employee stood on a mobile scaffold platform, and pulled the scaffold along the side of a semitrailer.

Issued

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(6)(ii):   Employees were allowed to ride on scaffolds where the height to base width ratio of the scaffold during movement was greater than two to one.  This requirement is applicable to general industry work per 29 CFR 1910.27:    The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by and fall hazards while occupying mobile scaffolds while they are moved.  This was most recently documented at 2314 E Hwy 30, Grand Island, NE 68802 inside the areas of service bay 4, on or about February 2, 2018 and at times prior when an employee stood on a mobile scaffold while it was moved; the scaffold height to base width ratio exceeded two to one.  The total height of the scaffold including installed guardrails is 105" and the least base width is 29" which exposed the employee to a fall of five feet four inches due to potential tipping of the scaffold.

Issued

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $8500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  This requirement is applicable to general industry work per 29 CFR 1910.27:    The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by and fall hazards while performing work from mobile scaffolds.  This was most recently documented at 2314 E Hwy 30, Grand Island, NE 68802 inside the areas of the trailer service shop on or about February 2, 2018 and at times prior.  Employees had not received training on the safe use and recognition of hazards associated with working from mobile scaffolds while performing activities within the facility.