OSHA Inspection: ALTITUDE ROOFING LLC.

Issued

2006-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $600.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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: multiple injuries or death from tipping hazard when using
an oversized
platform on a rough terrain truck:
a) At the site, employees were exposed to multiple and or death created by
the use of an
elevated work platform which was not designed, constructed, and/or used in
accordance with
the acceptable requirements of the American Safety Standards for Rough
Terrain Forklift
Trucks, ASME / ANSI B56.6a-1998 and other acceptable industry practices.
The platform did
not meet the following design and use requirements of sections 8.25 and
5.15 of ASME / ANSI
B56.6a in the following areas: (1) Platform dimension exceeded in width
more than 10 inches
greater than the overall width of the truck on either side, (2) Did not
have
the maximum work
load and empty weight information prominently marked on the platform, (3)
Controls were not
installed on the elevating platform and/or an operator at the controls.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct these
hazards are to use
safer alternate methods such as a scaffold or use a platform approved by
the manufacturer
meeting the design, manufacture, and requirements os ASME / ANSI
B56.6a-1998 for all
attachments on rough terrain forklifts
No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required.tion