OSHA Inspection: TRADEWINDS CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 3, 2008

Abate by

Mar 6, 2008

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1):  The employer did not furnish
employment and a place of
employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or
likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees:
The employer failed to ensure that employees maintained firm footing on
the floor of a personnel
platform and abstained from using railings to achieve additional reach or
height while working
from a personnel platform that was attached to a rough terrain forklift,
as follows:
a.At Crowne Professional Park at Stephanie construction site, 50 South
Stephanie
Street, Henderson, NV 89012, framing activities, two employees were exposed
to a fall hazard as a result of not maintaining a firm footing on the
floor of a
personnel platform and using railings for the purpose of achieving
additional
reach or height while working at an elevation of approximately 20 to 25
feet
without proper fall protection equipment/attire.
Reference: ANSI/ITSDF B.56.6-2005 Safety Standard for Rough Terrain
Forklift
Trucks, Section 5.15, Paragraph 5.15.1, Subparagraph (u)
Paragraph 5.15.1 Elevating Personnel, Subparagraph (u): personnel are to
maintain firm footing on platform floor unless secured by body belt and
lanyard.
Use of railings, planks, ladders, etc., on the platform for purpose of
achieving
additional reach or height is prohibited;
One feasible means of abatement would be to require employees to complete a
refresher course in fall protection safety germane to the subject of
scaffolding as
it relates to personnel platforms that are attached to rough terrain
forklifts for the
purpose of elevating personnel.

Issued

Mar 3, 2008

Abate by

Mar 6, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,225 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1):  The employer did not furnish
employment
and a place of
employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or
likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees:
The employer failed to ensure that operators blocked the truck wheels when
not in the operating
position of a rough terrain forklift while elevating personnel, as follows:
a.At Crowne Professional Park at Stephanie construction site, 50 South
Stephanie
Street, Henderson, NV 89012, framing activities, two employees were exposed
falls while working at an elevation of approximately 20 to 25 feet when the
operator of the rough terrain forklift failed to block the truck wheels
when not in
the operating position.
Reference: ANSI/ITSDF B.56.6-2005 Safety Standard for Rough Terrain
Forklift
Trucks, Section 5.15, Paragraph 5.15.1, Subparagraph (s)
Paragraph 5.15.1 Elevating Personnel, Subparagraph (s): When the operator
is
not in the operating position, block the truck wheels...
One feasible means of abatement would be to require the operator of the
rough
terrain forklift to complete a refresher course in forklift safety.t