OSHA Inspection: SUNTEX GOLF LABORATORIES, LLC

Issued

Apr 15, 2005

Abate by

Apr 21, 2005

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

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 in
that employee were
exposed to fall hazards:
a) On or about November 1, 2004, and times prior thereto in the Adams Golf
Warehouse; an
employee was elevated on a pallet attached to the forks of a reach truck
so he could access
material off shelves. The employee was transported both laterally and
horizantally while standing
on the pallet. The pallet on the reach truck did not constitute an
appropriate work platform.
FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHODS TO CORRECT THE HAZARDS
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
1. When a work platform is used on trucks designed and intended for
handling
materials, the requirements of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME) B56.1-2000, Safety standards for Low Lift and High Lift Truck
Section
4.17.2 and 4.17.3 should be met to protect personnel.
2. Provide a work platform that complies with the design requirement in
ASME
B56.1-2000 Section 7.36.
3. Securely attach work platform to lifting carriage or forks.
4. All travel controls should be in neutral and the parking brake set when
personnel are elevated.

Issued

Apr 15, 2005

Abate by

Apr 21, 2005

Penalty

Initial $3,500