OSHA Inspection: DDU EXPRESS, INC.

Issued

2004-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1875.00 · Current $1406.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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 having their
head and torso entrapped between the fork litf truck and ground in the
event of tip over:
a) On or about 5/14/04, the employees operating the two Toyota frok lift
trucks were not
required to wear the seatbelts that were provided on the trucks.
Among feasible methods to abate this hazard is to comply with the American
National
Standard Institute (ANSI) Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift
Trucks, ANSI B56.1-
1988, Section 5.3.19 and wear seatbelts at all times when operating the
trucks.

Issued

2004-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-07-13 00:00:00