OSHA Inspection: DIXIE NARCO, INC.

Issued

Oct 27, 1998

Abate by

Oct 30, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees were exposed to the
hazard of
being crushed by forklifts when loading and unloading trailers and not
using dock locks that
were provided to prevent trailer from moving unexpectedly.  A feasible and
useful method to
correct this hazard, among other methods, is to enforce the use of the
dock locks.e