Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: ERGONOMIC

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 service workers were exposed to cumulative trauma stressors of the neck and back while lifting and transferring garment bundles throughout the plant: a) Service workers. Feasible methods of abatement for this instance include, but are not limited to the following: -Establish a comprehensive ergonomic control program, including engineering an administrative control, and close medical surveillance, as discribed at the end of the citation. -Provide lifting aids (e.g., slings, scissors lifts) for large bundles of heavy garments. -Reduce bundle sizes of heavy garments. -Assure that the allowed lifting weights found in the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) "Work Practices Guide for Manual Lifting", March 1981, are followed.