OSHA Inspection: ATLAS LIGHTING PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Nov 13, 2007

Abate by

Nov 16, 2007

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $525 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 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)Warehouse, shipping/receiving area - an employee operating the forklift
for
transporting pallets of goods to be shipped was observed not using the
installed seatbelt
on the Nissan forklift.
REFERENCE:  ASME B56.1-1993, Part II, Paragraph 5.3.19, Operating Safety
Rules and
Practices, Traveling.
An active operator protection device or system, when provided, shall be
used.
Operator protection in the event of tipover is intended to reduce the risk
of entrapment
of the head and torso between the truck and the ground but may not protect
the
operator against all possible injury (see para. 7.2.2).
NOTE:  Among other methods of abatement, one feasible and acceptable
method to correct
this hazard is to require that all employees wear seatbelts during
forklift operations.

Issued

Nov 13, 2007

Abate by

Nov 16, 2007

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $525 Reduced