Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

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 a struck by hazard: On or about October 9, 2019 and times prior thereto, the structural integrity to storage racks had become compromised from: 1) unstable and rusted columns/frames, 2) footing not secured to the floor; 3) multiple dented members caused partly by forklifts; 4) broken or missing diagonal struts or braces, and 5) no plaques with legible maximum permissible unit load and/or maximum uniformly distributed load per level. Employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard from the collapse of the storage racks and/or falling products in the following locations: a) Storage racks in the east section of the warehouse/workroom; and b) Storage racks in the west section of the warehouse/workroom. Nu-Way Products Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1375716, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/21/2019, with respect to a workplace located at 220 Garrison Avenue, West Memphis, AR 72301.