OSHA Inspection: LONG LIFE, INC.

Issued

2022-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $5801.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a platform supported by a powered industrial truck.  a) On or about November 14, 2022, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a platform that was not designed and constructed to safely support personnel and was not attached to the forks to prevent falls to lower levels while the pallet was elevated by the forks of the UniCarriers Americas Corporation forklift truck. The employees were exposed to falls of about 7 feet to the concrete surface below.  Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to comply with the American National Standards Institute/Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation - ANSI/ITSDF B56.1-2012 - Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks, Chapters 4.17 Elevating Personnel and 7.37 Platforms: Elevating.

Issued

2022-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(a)(1) The employer did not provide protection for each employee exposed to fall and falling object hazards. The employer did not ensure that all fall protection and falling object protection required by this section meet the criteria in � 1910.29, except that personal fall protection systems required by this section meet the criteria of � 1910.140.  a) On or about November 14, 2022, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees working from a wooden pallet on the elevated forks of a forklift truck while disassembling an overhead garage door panel were not protected from falls to the lower levels.

Issued

2022-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $3108.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.  a) On or about November 14, 2022, at the previously addressed inspection site, a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections was not established to protect employees from unexpected energizing, start up, or release of stored energy, when repairing and servicing overhead garage doors in the shop.

Issued

2022-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1865.00 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) On or about November 14, 2022, at the previously addressed inspection site, an evaluation of each forklift truck operator's performance was not completed once every three years.