CALIFORNIA CARTAGE COMPANY LLC

46 COR 40-8140 [¶22,928]

SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES – DOCK PLATES AND LOADING RAMPS, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED WITH STRENGTH SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LOAD CARRIED Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3337(a) (2019) – Employer’s dock plates were not maintained with sufficient strength to support the load carried on them, a general violation. GENERAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND AUXILIARIES – INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, TRACTORS, HAULAGE VEHICLES, AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT, NAME PLATES Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3650(b)(4) (2019) – Name plates on Employer’s forklifts were illegible, a general violation. GENERAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND AUXILIARIES – INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, TRACTORS, HAULAGE VEHICLES, AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT, OPERATED IN SAFE MANNER Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3650(t)(7) (2019) – Tires on a forklift being used by Employer’s employees were damaged, a general violation. GENERAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND AUXILIARIES – INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, TRACTORS, HAULAGE VEHICLES, AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT, BRAKES AND WARNING DEVICES, HORN Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3661(c) (2019) – Employer’s forklift did not have a horn, a general violation. GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS – INJURY AND ILLNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM (IIPP) Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3203(a) (2019) – The Division failed to establish that Employer failed to implement and maintain an effective IIPP. SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES – LOADING DOCK OPERATIONS, SECURED AGAINST UNINTENDED MOVEMENT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3336(a) (2019) – The Division failed to establish that Employer’s trailers were not secured against unintended movement. GENERAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND AUXILIARIES – INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, TRACTORS, HAULAGE VEHICLES, AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT, BRAKES AND WARNING DEVICES, PARKING BRAKE Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3661(b) (2019) – Employer failed to equip industrial trucks with a parking brake or other effective device to prevent the vehicle from moving when unattended, a serious, repeat violation.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated March 18, 2019, Inspection No. 1152445 (Wilmington, CA).

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