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

P.L. 91-596 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 hazard of back injuries from pulling and pushing boxes on a wheel conveyor with damaged wheels: A) CVP Room - Employees have to push and pull boxes of chicken parts along wheel conveyor systems that are set up as a racks. The wheels on the South end of the conveyor system are damaged making pulling or pushing the boxes difficult. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to have the wheels on the wheel conveyor repaired.