OSHA Inspection: LONGHORN CONTRACTORS

Issued

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

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
elevated in a personnel platform without an operator at the controls to
lower or move employees.
a)On or about April 8, 2011, employees were observed in a personnel
platform that
was on the forks or an all terrain forklift and elevated to a height of
approximately 14 feet. There was not an operator at the controls to lower
or
move the employees in the event of an emergency.
ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD, AMONG OTHERS,
WOULD BE TO COMPLY WITH THE ASME/ANSI B56.6-2002 SAFETY STANDARDS
FOR ROUGH TERRAIN FORKLIFT TRUCKS, PARA. 5.15.1 WHICH REQUIRES A
TRAINED OPERATOR TO BE IN POSITION TO CONTROL THE ALL TERRAIN
FORKLIFT WHILE EMPLOYEES ARE ELEVATED.

Issued

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

Issued

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00