OSHA Inspection: NARCISCO FLORES

Issued

May 10, 2000

Abate by

Jun 6, 2000

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $5,600

General-duty citation text

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to employees employment 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:
(a)On or about 11/09/99, an untrained employee operating a forklift truck
at the farm office
area dismounted the forklift without lowering the forks, placing the
transmission in
neutral, and setting the brake to prevent movement of the forklift.  The
employee was
subsequently crushed between the forklift and a flatbed truck when the
forklift moved
forward.
Among other methods, a feasible method of abatement is to provide training
in the safe
operation of forklifts in accordance with the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers'
national consensus standard "Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift
Trucks" (ASME
B56.1-1993, 4.19) for all workers expected to operate fork lift trucks,
including migrant
workers.