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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph

Inspection Nr: 311467369

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: I

Initial Penalty: $2,500.00

Current Penalty: $1,500.00

Issuance Date: 09/30/2009

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 2

Abatement Date: 10/05/2009

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0728900

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**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	10/14/2009	$1,500.00	10/05/2009	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	09/30/2009	$2,500.00	10/05/2009	Serious

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

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: Crete Cold Storage - Crete, NE - The employer is not furnishing employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious harm to employees in that employees are exposed to the hazards of falls when walking/working on the tops of tractor trailer tankers. On June 25, 2009, and at times prior to, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard greater than four (4) feet above lower levels, while working on top of a tanker trailer to perform tanker wash-outs, without the proper use of fall protection. The employee wore a harness connected to a retractable lifeline, but the chest strap of the harness was not connected. Feasible means of abatement may include but are not limited to the following: 1)Train employees on the correct usage of fall protection systems and the hazards associated with falls. 2)Develop work rules and disciplinary procedures prohibiting walking/working on tanker trailers without the correct usage of fall protection. 3)Follow harness/body belt manufacturer's (Miller) user instruction manual Section 3.2 on proper harness fit.

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