What practical matters should have been comsidered by the company?

What OSHA standards were overlooked

CASE 6. 1 Repetitive Injury? Harvey had a machining job at a new workstation. It was simi lar to his last job in that it involved picking up a casting from a pallet, performing milling operations, and putting it aside to a pallet for finished product. In this job, the incoming pallet was stacked higher because the pieces were only about 25 pounds This machine was somewhat more complicated than the one he worked on previously and so the job paid a little more. Orville, the previous worker on the job, had developed a sore back doing the work and so Harvey was provided the opportunity. After a month Orville was still sore and his doc- tor didn't want him to return to that job. Harvey was healthy and didn't have any trouble-for about a week. After two weeks on the new job Harvey found that lift- ing the pieces to and from the machine when the pallet was fll (stacking the top layer) was difficult and strained his back. He also found that picking up pieces and putting them aside when the pallets were about empty made his lower back ache. He asked the supervisor if the loads could be positioned better but the supervisor didn't see how, and nothing was done. During a lunch break, Harvey learned that Orville had complained, too. Harvey asked his union steward if anything could be done. The union steward talked to the safety coordinator who replied that the supervisor didn't think anything could be done. Besides the coordinator was confident that every OSHA regulation was sat- isfied and there was no standard for such a situation. Harvey's back got worse. One day an OSHA officer showed up and wanted to tour the plant but specifically to observe Harvey's worksta- tion. The safety coordinator was very confident of compli- ance but was shocked in the closing conference with the inspector when the inspector made reference to a citation for a violation! 10T RO What practical matters should have been considered by the company? What OSHA standard(s) were overlooked