21591 490th Street,
Chariton,
50049
Iowa,
United States
October 2, 2020 Health: 1. Employees are exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees feel they are not allotted time to clean and disinfect equipment including the talkman a720 and Bluetooth emod. Clorox wipes are unavailable. Rideable pallet jacks and standing forklifts are not getting cleaned and disinfected between shifts. About half of the warehouse employees do not wear masks anymore. Safety: 1. Forklift drivers operate at high speeds around corners. Employee maneuvers are unapproved by equipment manufacturers, for example entering/stepping on and exiting/off the electric equipment (rideable pallet Jacks, standing forklifts) while in motion. Employees hop off of electric walkers while the equipment is still moving. Employees have slipped off the walker platform and fallen. 2. Rideable pallet jacks and forklifts damaged the racks in the freezer, bakery, and ice cream areas. 3. Freezer floors are slippery and employees slip and fall. 4. The produce wet room floor doesn't drain and employees slip and fall. 5. The end of the warehouse gets the produce wet room products staged there; the warehouse doesn't drain, and puddles form. 6. Employees have been struck by forklifts. Forklifts strike other forklifts. Location: warehouse, freezer, produce wet room,
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-10-02
