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1 Sheheryar Kaoosji 601 S. Milliken, Ste. A Ontario, CA 91761 California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Santa Ana Regional Office Peter Riley, Regional Manager 2000 E. McFadden Ave., Ste. 119 Santa Ana, CA 92705 Via Email and Courier Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Dear Mr. Riley, I am writing to you on behalf of Limber Herrera, Adiel Marquez, Miguel Gonzalez, Rogelio Pineda, Jose Gonzalez, David Garcia, Joseph Muñoz, Ariel Agumouh, Salvador Flores, Scott Painter, Daniel Zaldivar, Carlos Manuel Martinez Jr, Ruben Valadez, Fabino Ortiz, Miguel Tinoko, and Julio Dimas, joint employees of Walmart Stores, Inc., National Distribution Centers of Delaware, Inc., SCI Companies, Inc. and Warestaff, LLC at 11888 Mission Blvd, Eastvale, California, and Trevor Hausen, an employee of Walmart Stores, Inc., Select Staffing and National Distribution Centers of Delaware, Inc. on the same site. This letter serves as a serious formal complaint against National Distribution Centers, and Warestaff pursuant to California Labor Code § 6309, with a request that Cal/OSHA conduct a walltowall onsite inspection of this site. Please contact us in order to get in touch with the named complainants. Other workers whose issues are detailed below are available for conversations. Contact me to schedule these conversations. California Labor Code § 6134(d) stipulates that employees have the right to communicate privately with the inspector about health and safety concerns during the investigation, and may authorize a representative to be present at the inspection tour: a representative authorized by his or her employees shall have an opportunity to accompany him or her on the tour of inspection. Any employee or employer, or their authorized representatives, shall have the right to discuss safety and health violations or safety and health problems with the inspector privately during the course of an investigation or inspection.

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Sheheryar  Kaoosji  601  S.  Milliken,  Ste.  A  Ontario,  CA  91761    

California  Division  of  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  

Santa  Ana  Regional  Office  Peter  Riley,  Regional  Manager  2000  E.  McFadden  Ave.,  Ste.  119  Santa  Ana,  CA  92705  

Via  Email  and  Courier  

 

Wednesday,  July  18,  2012    Dear  Mr.  Riley,    I  am  writing  to  you  on  behalf  of  Limber  Herrera,  Adiel  Marquez,  Miguel  Gonzalez,  Rogelio  Pineda,  Jose  Gonzalez,  David  Garcia,  Joseph  Muñoz,  Ariel  Agumouh,  Salvador  Flores,  Scott  Painter,  Daniel  Zaldivar,  Carlos  Manuel  Martinez  Jr,  Ruben  Valadez,  Fabino  Ortiz,  Miguel  Tinoko,  and  Julio  Dimas,  joint  employees  of  Walmart  Stores,  Inc.,  National  Distribution  Centers  of  Delaware,  Inc.,  SCI  Companies,  Inc.  and  Warestaff,  LLC  at  11888  Mission  Blvd,  Eastvale,  California,  and  Trevor  Hausen,  an  employee  of  Walmart  Stores,  Inc.,  Select  Staffing  and  National  Distribution  Centers  of  Delaware,  Inc.  on  the  same  site.  This  letter  serves  as  a  serious  formal  complaint  against  National  Distribution  Centers,  and  Warestaff  pursuant  to  California  Labor  Code  §  6309,  with  a  request  that  Cal/OSHA  conduct  a  wall-­‐to-­‐wall  on-­‐site  inspection  of  this  site.  Please  contact  us  in  order  to  get  in  touch  with  the  named  complainants.  Other  workers  whose  issues  are  detailed  below  are  available  for  conversations.  Contact  me  to  schedule  these  conversations.      California  Labor  Code  §  6134(d)  stipulates  that  employees  have  the  right  to  communicate  privately  with  the  inspector  about  health  and  safety  concerns  during  the  investigation,  and  may  authorize  a  representative  to  be  present  at  the  inspection  tour:      

a  representative  authorized  by  his  or  her  employees  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  accompany  him  or  her  on  the  tour  of  inspection.  Any  employee  or  employer,  or  their  authorized  representatives,  shall  have  the  right  to  discuss  safety  and  health  violations  or  safety  and  health  problems  with  the  inspector  privately  during  the  course  of  an  investigation  or  inspection.    

 

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If  you  believe  you  cannot  comply  with  this  request,  I  would  greatly  appreciate  it  if  you  would  contact  me  so  we  can  discuss  it  before  the  inspection  and  make  arrangements  to  identify  for  you  a  mutually  acceptable  employee  representative  who  may  be  at  the  jobsite  and  fulfill  these  obligations.  I  do  not  believe  it  would  be  appropriate  to  ask  the  employer  or  a  manager  to  select  an  employee  to  represent  the  workers  during  the  inspection.    The  detailed  listing  of  unsafe  conditions  described  below  meet  the  criteria  for  “serious,”  which  is  set  forth  in  California  Labor  Code  §  6309,  which  states:    A  complaint  is  deemed  to  allege  a  serious  violation  if  the  division  determines  that  the  complaint  charges  that  there  is  a  substantial  probability  that  death  or  serious  physical  harm  could  result  from  a  condition  which  exists,  or  from  one  or  more  practices,  means,  methods,  operations,  or  processes  which  have  been  adopted  or  are  in  use  in  a  place  of  employment.    The  unsafe  conditions  described  below  meet  the  criteria  for  “serious,”  which  is  set  forth  in  the  California  Labor  Code.  If,  based  on  the  information  provided  here,  you  do  not  believe  this  matter  should  be  classified  as  a  serious  formal  complaint,  please  contact  me  as  soon  as  possible  to  discuss  that  determination.    I  am  a  representative  of  the  worker  named  above  as  described  by  §  6309  and  the  attached  authorization  by  the  named  complainants.  (See  attachment)  designates  our  organization  as  his  representative.  Accordingly,  the  investigatory  provisions  of  Section  6309  are  triggered  with  the  filing  of  this  complaint.    Finally,  we  ask  that  you  route  this  complaint  directly  to  the  High  Hazard  unit,  due  to  the  fact  that  Warehousing  and  Distribution  is  a  high  hazard  industry,  with  a  6.3  DART  rate.    In  addition,  we  believe  that  it  is  important  that  this  facility  be  investigated  by  the  same  unit  that  investigated  the  previous  complaint  against  four  National  Distribution  Centers,  Inc.,  facilities  in  Chino,  CA,  that  resulted  in  over  40  serious  citations  in  January  2012.    The  fact  that  National  Distribution  Centers  operates  this  facility  as  well  and  that  we  have  identified  some  of  the  same  hazards  at  both  indicates  that  there  may  be  potential  for  repeat,  serious  or  willful  violations.        Background  The  facility  in  question  is  located  at  11888  Mission  Blvd  in  Eastvale,  CA.    The  facility  is  operated  by  National  Distribution  Centers  of  Delaware,  Inc.  and  is  branded  as  NFI,  a  subsidiary.    There  is  a  staffing  agency  on  site  called  Warestaff,  LLC,  which  is  the  employer  of  most  workers  on  site.      The  facility  is  one  of  two  cross-­‐docking  operations  on  the  site,  located  on  the  northern  side  of  the  property.    The  owner  of  the  property,  Swift  Trucking,  operates  the  other.        

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 Image  1:  Map  of  11888  Mission  Blvd,  Eastvale,  CA.    The  operation  is  dedicated  100%  to  moving  goods  destined  for  outlets  at  Walmart  Stores,  Inc.    The  facility  has  two  sections,  one  dedicated  to  goods  destined  for  the  Sam’s  Club  subsidiary  of  Walmart,  referred  to  as  the  West  Side,  and  one  dedicated  to  moving  goods  for  the  Walmart  stores,  referred  to  as  the  East  Side.    Workers  are  assigned  to  one  or  the  other  side.        The  facility  is  a  cross-­‐dock  operation,  meaning  goods  are  not  stored  on  site,  but  rather  are  unloaded  from  shipping  containers  drayed  from  the  ports  of  Los  Angeles  and  Long  Beach,  as  well  as  trailers  from  regional  distributors  or  producers.    Workers  unload  boxes  and  pallets  from  the  trailers  and  containers,  either  manually  or  using  industrial  trucks.    The  goods  are  then  conveyed  on  carts,  electric  pallet  jacks  or  forklift  industrial  truck  across  the  dock  to  a  different  door  and  placed  outside  trailers  backed  up  to  the  facility.    Workers  referred  to  as  loaders  then  load  boxes  into  trailer  by  hand,  stacking  them  from  the  back  of  the  trailer  to  the  front.        The  facility  operates  24  hours  a  day,  with  reduced  shifts  on  weekends.    There  are  approximately  60  workers  on  site  per  shift.    The  bulk  of  workers  are  loaders  and  unloaders.    Other  workers  drive  forklifts.    A  small  number  of  workers  drive  yard  tractors,  moving  loaded  and  unloaded  containers  and  trailers  around  the  facility.          

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 Multiple  Responsible  Parties  Workers  believe  that  there  is  a  significant  amount  of  control  over  issues  of  health  and  safety  coming  from  each  of  the  levels  of  management  in  the  operation.      NFI  does  the  bulk  of  the  day-­‐to-­‐day  management  of  workers  including  whatever  health  and  safety  training  or  “coaching”  occurs  with  workers.    Workers  report  accidents  and  injuries  to  NFI.      Both  Warestaff  and  NFI  managers  often  tell  floor  workers  to  move  faster  and  punish  workers  for  not  meeting  their  quotas.    NFI  appears  to  be  responsible  for  the  maintenance  of  the  facility,  industrial  trucks  and  other  equipment.        The  property  itself  is  owned  by  Swift.      Workers  who  report  injuries  are  given  workers’  compensation  forms  labeled  with  the  name  SCI  Companies,  a  Professional  Employer  Association,  a  subsidiary  of  which,  PEO  Management  Group  of  Lawrenceville,  GA,  is  also  named  on  workers’  paychecks.        At  the  same  time,  a  Walmart  manager  has  been  witnessed  talking  to  the  managers  and  workers  about  the  facility’s  production.    Walmart  manager  David  Brown  is  often  onsite  at  the  crossdock,  and  has  a  role  including  some  oversight  of  workers,  review  of  worker  performance  and  other  employment  decisions.        

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 The  following  are  the  areas  where  workers  have  identified  concerns  around  health  and  safety  hazards.        

§3228.  Number  of  Emergency  Exits.  

There  is  only  one  exit  open  at  all  times,  the  main  ramp  on  the  south  end  of  the  dock  near  the  NFI  offices.    The  other  emergency  exits  are  regularly  blocked  by  carts,  lifts,  stacks  or  pallets  of  goods,  which  workers  must  move  before  accessing  doors.    While  the  facility  has  open  sides,  there  are  usually  trailers  and  containers  up  against  the  docks,  making  exit  impossible.    In  addition,  the  dock  is  over  five  feet  above  the  road,  which  makes  it  impossible  to  safely  exit  the  facility  without  the  emergency  exits.      §3272(b)-­‐  Lack  of  egress  from  loaded  shipping  containers.  Workers  assigned  with  loading  goods  into  trailers  are  routinely  blocked  by  up  to  four  loaded  pallets  of  goods,  which  the  workers  must  unstack  in  order  to  hand-­‐load  into  the  trailer.    The  workers  are  often  blocked  in  the  trailer  by  these  pallets  and  boxes  with  less  than  24  inches  of  egress  in  the  trailer.    Workers  can  be  blocked  inside  the  trailer  for  up  to  30  minutes.        §  3317.  Insufficient  Lighting    There  are  not  enough  lights  available  for  workers  loading  and  unloading  inside  trailers  and  containers.  When  no  light  is  available,  workers  must  work  in  the  dark,  both  in  daytime  and  night.  This  also  makes  it  more  dangerous  because  he  is  unable  to  be  seen  by  other  workers  driving  forklifts  into  the  containers  and  trailers.    §3203-­‐  Lack  of  Application  of  IIPP  Workers  are  not  apprised  of  health  and  safety  procedures.    The  Injury  and  Illness  Prevention  Program,  if  it  exists,  is  not  applied.      Training  sessions  are  provided  in  English  only,  despite  the  fact  that  approximately  50%,  but  at  least  10%  of  the  workforce  at  all  times  are  monolingual  Spanish  speakers.    Workers  are  required  to  sign  that  they  have  received  the  training  (before  the  training  takes  place)  whether  or  not  they  understood  the  training.      Injury-­‐Related-­‐  IIPP  On  July  12,  2012,  Apolniar  Rojas  was  backing  a  forklift  loaded  with  goods  out  of  a  container.    The  ramp  on  which  he  was  backing  fell  away,  and  the  rear  wheels  of  the  lift  fell  off  the  dock.    His  back  and  neck  percussed  against  the  seat  of  the  lift.    The  manager  Daniel  was  passing  by  and  immediately  commanded  him  to  continue  unloading  the  pallet,  and  not  to  go  to  the  office  until  he  was  finished.    He  then  went  

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to  the  office,  where  he  filled  out  a  workers’  compensation  claim  and  was  advised  of  the  clinic  where  he  was  to  go,  Concentra  at  1101  S.  Milliken  Ave,  2.4  miles  from  the  crossdock.    He  told  the  office  staff  that  he  did  not  have  a  car,  asked  to  use  a  phone  to  find  a  ride,  and  was  not  able  to  find  a  ride.    He  ended  up  walking  in  pain  to  Concentra  Urgent  Care  Clinic,  which  turned  out  to  be  closed.    Only  after  returning  was  he  able  to  ask  for  a  ride  to  a  24  hour  Concentra.    He  was  diagnosed  with  a  lumbar  strain,  sprained  neck  and  shoulder  sprain.      

§14001-­‐  Recordkeeping.  

Workers  who  are  injured  while  working  are  regularly  told  to  go  home  and  come  back  when  they  feel  better,  with  a  doctor’s  note.    They  are  not  informed  of  their  right  to  examination  and  treatment  paid  by  their  workers’  compensation  provider,  or  of  the  existence  of  the  disability  insurance  system.    In  addition,  workers  who  report  injuries  are  often  told  by  H.R.  and  management  that  they  will  be  laid  off  if  they  “cannot  be  counted  on”  to  work  through  the  injury.    Complainant  Jose  Gonzalez  encountered  this  when  injured  at  the  crossdock.    §3668.  Lack  of  Training-­‐  Industrial  Trucks.  Workers  who  drive  industrial  trucks  are  not  required  to  take  a  driving  test,  instead  are  merely  asked  if  they  know  how  to  drive  a  forklift.    There  is  no  hands-­‐on  training  to  allow  supervisors  or  managers  to  determine  whether  or  not  the  workers  assigned  to  drive  trucks  are  properly  trained.  Also,  the  employer  does  not  require  supervisors  to  provide  the  “refresher  training”  required  when  the  employer  is  aware  of  either  workers’  improper  operations  of  trucks  or  actual  accidents  or  near-­‐misses.        Injury-­‐Related  On  June  26,  crossdock  worker  Miguel  Gonzalez  was  injured  driving  a  forklift  after  not  being  trained.    He  refused  to  operate  it,  but  the  manager,  Laura,  told  him  to  use  it  anyway.    He  was  in  an  accident  resulting  in  an  injury  report  and  a  3  day  suspension.                                

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 §  3385-­‐  Pay  for  protective  equipment  Workers  are  required  to  pay  for  personal  protective  equipment.    The  fee  schedule  for  the  equipment  is  attached.    In  addition,  workers  are  required  to  wear  and  pay  for  steel-­‐toed  boots.    

 Image  2:  Safety  Item  Price  List  

§3315.  Hand  Trucks.  

Workers  load  boxes  onto  carts  that  they  use  to  convey  goods  to  the  next  door.    These  carts  are  often  broken,  making  it  difficult  for  worker  to  pull  up  to  800  feet  to  the  next  door.    This  has  led  to  strained  backs,  arms  and  legs  due  to  the  difficulty  of  pulling  carts  with  broken  wheels,  handles  and  bearings.    Workers  who  have  complained  to  managers  are  told  if  they  don’t  like  the  carts,  they  can  carry  the  boxes  by  hand.    If  workers  want  carts  fixed,  they  must  bring  them  to  the  maintenance  yard  themselves,  which  takes  15-­‐20  minutes.    This  cuts  down  their  production  and  puts  them  in  a  position  to  not  make  their  quota  and  be  fired.    Managers  make  no  allowance  for  workers’  reduced  performance  (i.e.  “downtime”)  if  workers  follow  these  instructions.  

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 Thus,  in  addition  to  allowing  unsafe  carts  in  the  first  place,  the  managers  -­‐by  putting  the  workers  at  risk  of  termination  due  to  predictably  reduced  performance  -­‐  are  essentially  retaliating  against  workers  who  follow  managers’  instructions  once  the  workers  complain  about  the  bad  condition  of  the  carts.    

 Image  3:  Broken  Cart    

 Image  4:  Broken  Cart  

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 Image  5:  Broken  Cart    §3650.  Industrial  Trucks.    Due  to  time  pressures  imposed  by  leads  and  supervisors  to  meet  production  quotas,  forklift  drivers  are  often  forced  to  operate  their  vehicle  faster  than  a  designated  safe  speed.    Several  pallet  jacks  are  faulty,  unable  to  lift,  with  bent  forks  that  cannot  lift  or  carry  the  loads  they  are  supposed  to  handle  based  on  their  labels.    Workers  who  speak  up  about  them  needing  to  be  fixed  are  ignored.    This  leads  to  workers  being  forced  to  strain  their  bodies  to  move  these  goods  up  to  800  feet  across  the  dock  to  their  destinations.      

§3653.  Forklift  Safety  Equipment.  

Problems  include  forklifts  missing  seat  belts.  Employer  fails  to  properly  maintain  the  functioning  of  tires,  battery,  brakes,  and  other  maintenance  issues.  An  employee  described  how  even  though  they  are  required  to  report  maintenance  issues  on  forklifts;  these  issues  frequently  do  not  get  addressed  right  away.    

§3337.  Dock  Plates  and  Loading  Ramps  and  §3336.  Loading  Dock  Operations.  

Dock  plates  and  loading  ramps  are  poorly  maintained  and  shaky.    They  are  not  completely  attached  to  the  dock,  and  when  workers  use  them,  it  leads  to  dangerous  gaps  and  opportunities  for  trips  and  falls.  A  ramp  recently  fell,  leading  to  an  injury  to  

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a  worker,  Apolinar  Rojas,  who  was  backing  a  forklift  out  of  a  container.    The  attached  photos  detail  the  specific  problems.      

 

Image  6:  Detail  from  Rojas  accident-­‐  fallen  ramp.  

 

 

 

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     Image  7:  Damaged  Ramp  Plate  

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 Image  8:  Damaged  Ramp  Plate        §3650  Industrial  Truck  Speed  Limits    While  there  are  posted  speed  limits,  workers  are  told  to  hurry  as  much  as  possible  and  the  limits  are  not  enforced.    Workers  report  that  forklift  drivers  are  required  to  unload  two  containers  per  day,  resulting  in  forklift  drivers  needing  to  drive  as  fast  as  possible.    There  is  no  forklift  speed  limit,  and  forklifts  are  required  to  move  through  the  dock  where  workers  are  walking,  pulling  carts  and  pallet  jacks.      Drivers  are  threatened  with  demotion  to  lumper  when  they  do  not  move  quickly  enough.        §  5194.    Lack  of  Hazard  Communication  Program      Workers  are  constantly  exposed  to  a  thick  black  dust  that  exists  across  the  floor,  in  the  trailers  and  containers  and  leads  to  workers  experiencing  nosebleeds,  vomiting  and  coughing  blood.    Workers  are  not  familiarized  with  MSDS  forms  and  do  not  know  the  nature  or  the  hazards  of  this  substance.      

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§3363.  Lack  of  Adequate  Water    Workers  must  furnish  and  fill  their  own  bottles  and  keep  them  in  the  shipping  container  or  trailer,  because  they  do  not  have  time  to  refill  them  except  on  breaks.    

The  water  heats  up  quickly  due  to  the  heat  in  the  containers  and  trailers  in  the  summer  months.    Water  coolers  are  dirty  and  water  provided  in  breakroom  is  unsanitary.    §3395.  Outdoor  heat  The  facility  is  outdoors.    There  are  no  walls  on  the  facility  and  the  workers  spend  most  of  their  time  in  trailers  and  containers  that  are  outside,  backed  up  to  the  dock  and  are  in  the  sun  all  day.    Temperatures  have  reached  above  95  degrees  in  the  containers  in  the  past  week(see  attached  data  log).    Workers  are  not  notified  of  their  rights  to  extra  breaks  when  the  temperature  is  above  95  degrees.      Workers  are  not  encouraged  to  get  more  water  when  the  temperature  is  high.    New  workers  are  not  monitored  for  symptoms  of  heat  exhaustion  when  the  temperature  is  high.    A  fan  was  installed  but  is  used  for  the  leads  in  the  middle  of  the  building  rather  than  in  the  containers.        

Image  9:  Water  Cooler  

 Image  10:  Water  in  Breakroom    

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 Electrical  ‘There  are  not  enough  electrical  circuits  and  some  of  them  are  out  of  order  and  hazardous  if  used.    This  also  makes  it  difficult  for  all  the  lights  in  the  containers  to  be  operational.            The  hazards  identified  above  are  easily  preventable  if  the  employers  take  the  necessary  precautions.  I  strongly  believe  that  the  above  hazards  will  continue  to  exist  and  place  workers  at  risk  of  serious  harm  if  no  action  is  taken.    If  you  have  questions  or  concerns  about  this  complaint,  please  contact  me  at  877-­‐737-­‐0727  or  via  e-­‐mail  at  [email protected].  Please  contact  me  about  the  Opening  Conference,  Exit  Conference(s)  and  the  Closing  Conference  for  this  investigation.