OSHA Inspection: NUCOR-VULCRAFT GROUP

Issued

2009-02-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1250.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

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 a Yale
forklift, Model
LT-6, in material yard in reverse gear without operable back-up alarm
exposed employees to
the hazard of being struck by the forklift at the Nucor Vulcraft plant
site.  A feasible and
useful method, among other methods, to correct this hazard is to ensure
back-up alarm is
operable while forklift is used.