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 employees were exposed to an unacceptable risk of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and musculoskeletal injuries while performing various repetitive motions and material handling tasks. Administrative and engineering controls had not been implemented. a) Live Dock b) Picking Room c) Evisceration d) Cut-up Department e) Packing Department f) Cooler While ultimate responsibility for correcting the hazard rests with the employer, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct this hazard include, but are not limited to, the implementation of the following: 1) Control measures to reduce the frequency of repetitive motions performed by employees; 2) Control measures to reduce wrist deviations and forearm rotations: 3) Control measures to reduce extreme and awkward postures; 4) Control measures to reduce excessive force exerted by employee's upper extremities; 5) Control measures to provide rest pauses to relieve fatigued muscle-tendon groups; 6) Control measures to rotate employees between high and low stressor jobs as a preventative measure; 7) Control measures to insure that new and returning employees are allowed conditioning or break-in periods; 8) Control measures to insure the use of good body mechanics and proper lifting techniques; 9) Control measures to reduce the weights being lifted; 10) Control measures to provide mechanical lifting aids; 11) Control measures to provide ergonomically-designed hand tools. Abatement Schedule Submit to the Area Director a written detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of the administrative and engineering controls to control employee exposure to the hazardous conditions referenced in this citation. This plan shall be submitted within the first ninety (90) days of the abatement period. Thereafter, ninety (90) day progress reports shall be submitted to the Area Director.