OSHA Inspection: MELLOUL BLAMEY CONSTRUCTION S C LTD

Issued

2008-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2008-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00 · Current $500.00

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.   Employer knew or should have known that employee operating JLG
forklift, Model
Number 1044 C-54, with no seat belt installed while at the Emerald High
School job site,
constituted a hazard of the employee being thrown from the forklift.  A
feasible and useful
method, among others, to correct this hazard is to ensure the forklift is
equipped with a seat
belt and ensure the employee sues it while operating the forklift.