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Standard Cited: 19100151 B Medical services and first aid.
Inspection Nr: 306569666
Citation: 01001
Citation Type: Other
Abatement Status: X
Initial Penalty: $5,000.00
Current Penalty: $5,000.00
Issuance Date: 09/20/2004
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 5
Abatement Date: 10/23/2004
Gravity: 01
Report ID: 0626600
Contest Date: 10/14/2004
Final Order: 09/02/2005
Related Event Code (REC):
Emphasis:
| Failure to Abate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity Nr | Issuance | Penalty | Contest | Final Order | |||
| 308589670 | 04/07/2006 | $17,500.00 | |||||
| Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTA | I: Informal Settlement | 05/02/2006 | $17,500.00 | 308589670 | ||
| FTA | Z: Issued | 04/07/2006 | $25,000.00 | 308589670 | ||
| Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 09/02/2005 | $5,000.00 | 10/23/2004 | Other | |
| Penalty | Z: Issued | 09/20/2004 | $5,000.00 | 10/23/2004 | Other |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: CHEMICAL
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: 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 the following conditions: a)On or about June 18, 2004 the employer did not protect employees from the recognized hazards of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, while employees loaded garbage onto garbage trucks for disposal, on the curbside and back door routes. Feasible and useful abatement methods for reducing this hazard include: (1)Establishing an acclimation program for new employees. (2)Establishing a mandatory work/rest schedule for employees. (3)Establishing a heat stress monitoring program for employees. (4)Establishing an initial and annual heat stress training program for all high risk employees. The program shall address the following: a.Sources of heat transfer, i.e. metabolism, radiation, convection. b.Physical responses to heat and first aid measures to take to alleviate symptoms. c.Physical indications that a worker should be removed from the job/task. d.Administrative and work practice controls in use such as diet, salt intake, acclimation... e.Medical and social conditions that affect heat tolerance: i.e. acute or chronic illness, alcohol intake, drugs. f.Description of heat stress program and responsibilities of enforcement. g.Providing ice and water-cooled garments for employees. h.Assigning and utilizing relief workers and/or extra workers to reduce heat stress on workers. i.Establishing a water/electrolyte replenishment program for employees. j.Establishing an appropriate medical surveillance program for employees. The employer is not limited to the abatement methods suggested by OSHA, i.e., methods explained are general and may not be effective in all cases. Other methods of abatement may be equally or more appropriate. Ultimate responsibility for determining the most appropriate abatement rest with the employer, given its superior knowledge of specific conditions on its worksite.