OSHA Inspection: JIM REIF BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

2004-03-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $600.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to multiple injuries or death from falling hazard when using
a platform without
guard rails on a rough terrain truck:
At the site, employees were exposed to multiple injuries and/or death
created by the use of an
elevated work platform which was not designed, constructed, and/or used in
accordance with
the acceptable requirements of the American Safety Standards for Rough
Terrain Forklift
Trucks, ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 and other acceptable industry practices. For
example, the
platform did not meet the following design and use requirements of
sections 8.25 and 5.15 of
ASME/ANSI B56.6a in the following areas:
(1) Platform was not secured to the forks to prevent inadvertent pivoting.
(2) Did not have the maximum work load and empty weight information
prominently marked
on the platform.
(3) Restraining means such as guardrails or a means of securing personnel
such as a body
belt/harness and lanyard were not used.
(a)At the site, an employee was exposed to a falling hazard when working
off of a platform
attached to the forks of a rough terrain truck.  The platform did not have
weight load
information, the platform was not secured to the forks, and the employee
was exposed to a fall
hazard because the platform was only guarded on two sides and the employee
was not using a
fall restraining device such as a body belt/harness and lanyard.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct these
hazards are to use safer
alternate methods such as a scaffold or use a platform approved by the
manufacturer meeting
the design, manufacture, and requirements as ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 for all
attachments
on
rough terrain forklifts.
Abatement Certification and Abatement Documentation required.