OSHA Inspection: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

Issued

Oct 14, 2003

Abate by

Dec 2, 2003

Penalty

Initial $2,275 · Current $2,275

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statue 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 which were 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 caught between the forklifts frame and the floor or ground in the
event
of an upset or turn over. An employee was operating the Mitsubishi LPG
forklift, serial # AF82C-01680, model #FGC20K, 4000 lb capacity without
wearing a seat belt.
ABATEMENT NOTE: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement
method to correct this hazard was to require the operator to wear the seat
belt while
operating the forklift.
(Reference:  ASME/ANSI B56.1a-1989, Addenda to ASME/ANSI B56.1-1988, and
ASME B56.1-1993 - Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks)d