OSHA Inspection: CLECKLEY & MCGEE, INC.

Issued

Mar 9, 1998

Abate by

Mar 12, 1998

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 operating a Lull 644 B-37
forklift
in the reverse gear with no back-up alarm or use of an observer to direct
the
operator at the Holiday Inn Express exposed various employees in the area
of
operation to the hazard of being backed over and crushed.  A feasible and
useful method, among others, to correct this hazard is to repair the
back-up
alarm.p