OSHA Inspection: CHAD TOFT CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2009-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $600.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment 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 a fall hazard:
(a) An employee was exposed to a fall hazard due to working on an
unattended
elevated forklift work platform that exceeded the work platform dimension
of two
times the load center distance from the back of the forks of the forklift
at 2404
Lancaster in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard
would be to follow the American National Standards Institute B56.6-2005
Safety
Standard for Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks sections 8.24.1(b) for platform
dimensions, 5.15.1(s) and 6.2.11 for attending to forklifts.

Issued

2009-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-12-28 00:00:00

Issued

2009-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-01-25 00:00:00