OSHA Inspection: JW BUILDERS

Issued

2003-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $225.00 · Current $158.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish 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 were exposed to:
Hazards created by the use of elevated work platforms which were not
designed, constructed
and/or used in accordance with the acceptable requirements  of the
American National Safety
Standards for Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks, ASME B56.6-1992.  The
personal platform and
its use did not meet the design requirements of that standard in the
following areas:  A trained
operator was not in position to control the rough terrain forklift or
available to operate controls.
When the operator was not in position, the truck wheels were not blocked
with the parking brake
applied and all travel controls in neutral.  These conditions existed when
an employee and the
owner were working on a residential building from a platform attached to
the forks of a rough
terrain forklift.  Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable
abatement method to correct
these hazards is to assure that the design, manufacture and use of all
attachments for Rough
Terrain Forklift Trucks are in accordance with the most current American
National Standard,
B56.6 (presently B56.6-1992).
An employee and the owner were working from a platform attached to a rough
terrain
forklift and no one was at or near the controls of the lift and the wheels
were not
chocked.

Issued

2003-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $225.00 · Current $158.00 Reduced