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

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 struck-by, caught-in, entanglement, and amputation hazards: a) Facility Wide- On or about October 19, 2010, the employer failed to provide a dock-face mounted dock leveling device with handholds or other lifting aids. Due to the lack of lifting aid being provided employees utilized long looped wire and the lifting capabilities of a forklift to lift each of the dock plates in docks numbers such as, #7, #8, #9, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, and #22. Among others, one feasible and acceptable means of abatement to correct this hazards is to provide and require the use of a dock plate with a lifting means designed to safely lift the dock plates into place in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), MH30.1-2007 For the Safety, Performance and Testing of Dock Leveling Devices, Section 5.2.1. In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.