OSHA Inspection: MARTINEZ CARPENTRY & MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2003-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $350.00 · Current $175.00 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 struck by or caught in between the roll over protection and the
ground in
the event the employee falls or gets thrown off.  The employee operating
the
Lull Highlander Two Forklift, model 844C-42, was exposed to being caught in
between/crushed from not using the installed seat belts.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard
is to train/certify and inspect employees on wearing seatbelts installed
by the manufacturer of
the Lull Highlander Two Forklift.r