OSHA Inspection: AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS USA, LLC

Issued

2022-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12431.00 · Current $7459.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(3)(i)(K): Powered industrial truck operators shall receive initial training in refueling and/or charging and recharging of batteries.  On or about December 7, 2021, the employer at the Amcor facility at 975 W. Main Street in Bellevue, Ohio did not train employees on how to properly charge the lift trucks, overheating the lift truck's battery and exposing nearby employees to the battery's gases, causing illness including but not limited to acute coughing, shortness of breath, eye, nose, and throat irritation, nausea, headache, dizziness, and upper chest pain.

Issued

2022-04-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(o)(1): The employer failed to develop workplace standards stating only stable or safely arranged loads shall be handled. Caution was not exercised when handling off-center loads which cannot be centered.  On or about December 7, 2021, the employer at the Amcor facility at 975 W. Main Street in Bellevue, Ohio did not safely arrange or stabilize loads when using the pallet jacks, allowing employees to push a load on the ground while moving another load on the pallet jack, damaging the pallet jack and exposing nearby employees and drivers of other Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIV) to struck by hazards.