Knobel's Refrigeration Inc. of North Platte, Neb., has just been sited for work site safety violations by OSHA in proposed penalties of $15,750. OSHA first started their investigation when an employee fell about 12 feet to the ground while trying to access the roof of a building to service refrigeration equipment. The employee died from injuries sustained in the fall 10 days later. The worker fell, off a fixed ladder, when he lost his grip near the top rung of the ladder and fell to the ground.
"Fall hazards must be eliminated," said Charles Adkins, OSHA's regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo. "It is imperative that employers take the necessary steps to inspect equipment and provide training for their workers to prevent accidents like this from occurring."
The company received two serious violations relating to using a fixed ladder with less than 7 inches of perpendicular clearance between the rungs and any obstruction behind the ladder - in this case, a gutter near the top rung served as an obstruction - as well as failure to train workers on fixed ladder hazards. The third serious violation, unrelated to the accident, involves failure to properly train workers to operate industrial trucks. The other-than-serious violation relates to the employer's failure to properly record employee injuries and illnesses.
Source:
www.osha.gov
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