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You are here: Home / Workers Comp News / WC Loss Prevention - News / New York Pipe Firm Fined $67K for Safety Violations

New York Pipe Firm Fined $67K for Safety Violations

October 23, 2013 By //  by Michael B. Stack Leave a Comment

More than a dozen reported serious violations led to recent citations for a New York-based employer.

 

National Pipe and Plastics Inc., of Vestal, was recently cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 16 serious violations of workplace health and safety standards after a March 22 incident in which a truck driver working for a separate company was fatally struck by a forklift driven by a National Pipe employee.

 

OSHA inspectors determined that a pair of the 16 violations found following the March inspection related to the truck driver’s death; the truck driver was picking up a load of pipes at the plant. Inspectors found that the forklift had an inoperative backup alarm, and the forklift driver did not have a clear view of the travel path.

 

 

Company Should Have Maintained Equipment Properly

 

“Establishing safety protocols to address foot traffic in these areas would have helped prevent this tragic incident. National Pipe should have maintained equipment properly, such as the forklift’s backup alarm, and ensured forklift operators maintained focus on their path of direction,” remarked Chris Adams, OSHA’s area director for Syracuse. “This company must comply with OSHA standards and implement these safety protocols.”

 

OSHA inspectors went on to note that they discovered additional serious health and safety violations, including failure to maintain surfaces free of combustible dust, maintain fixed stairs at the proper angle, provide handrails on exposed sides of stairways and provide portable metal ladders with slip-resistant rungs. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

 

“One means of preventing accidents and injuries is through an effective safety and health management system where employers and employees work together to evaluate, identify and eliminate hazards proactively,” added Robert Kulick, OSHA’s regional administrator in New York.

 

 

The total proposed penalties are $67,000.

 

The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to comply, meet with the OSHA area director, or contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The inspection was conducted by OSHA’s Syracuse Area Office.

 

 

Author Michael B. Stack, CPA, Director of Operations, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. is an expert in employer communication systems and part of the Amaxx team helping companies reduce their workers compensation costs by 20% to 50%. He is a writer, speaker, and website publisher. www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com. Contact: mstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.

 

©2013 Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Law.

 

Filed Under: WC Loss Prevention - News

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