OSHA Inspection: HOOVER METAL BUILDINGS, INC.

Issued

2002-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $450.00 · Current $450.00

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 employee on work platform
elevated in
excess of 10 feet high on forks of Gehl forklift, Equipment Number 652570,
at northeast
corner of building with the work platform not secured to the forks or mast
was exposed to
the work platform separating from the forks and falling to the ground.  A
feasible and useful
method to correct this hazard, among other methods, is to tie the work
platform to the mast
of the forklift.

Issued

2002-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $600.00 · Current $600.00