OSHA Inspection: CAROLINA CUSTOM MASONRY, INC.

Issued

May 1, 2002

Abate by

May 6, 2002

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 run over by a Lull 644D-34 forklift moving in reverse that did not
have an audible
reverse signal and no observer was being used at the jobsite.  A useful
and feasible means of
abatement, among others, is to install an operating back-up alarm or to
use an observer to
signal that it is safe to move the forklift in reverse.
B.  Employer knew or should have known that one employee was exposed to
the hazard of
falling while in a personnel basket that was not firmly secured to the
lifting carriage and
forks of a Lull 644D-34 forklift while the basket was elevated in excess
of 10 feet high at the
jobsite.  A useful and feasible means of abatement, among others, is to
firmly secure the
basket to the lifting carriage and/or forks.