OSHA Inspection: CAROLINA MARBLE & TILE COMPANY

Issued

Sep 10, 2002

Abate by

Sep 18, 2002

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North
Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to each of his employees
conditions of employment
and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that were causing
or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were
exposed to:
a)being crushed by or caught between the forklift and the ground in the
event of
an overturn hazard.  An employee was observed operating the orange Toyota
forklift without wearing the operator restraint system [seat belt].
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to train employees and enforce the wearing of seat
belts
while operating forklifts with Roll Over Protection Systems (ROPS) or Fall
On
Protection Systems (FOPS).
[Reference: ASME/ANSI B56.1a-1989 Addenda to ASME/ANSI B56.1-1988,
and ASME B56.1-1993 - Safety Standards for Low Lift and High Lift
Trucks]ds

Issued

Sep 10, 2002

Abate by

Oct 28, 2002