OSHA: Forklift operator death leads to citations for delivery company April 23, 2008
OSHA proposed a total of $119,500 in fines against a Michigan-based delivery carrier, for alleged willful, repeat, and serious safety violations following an inspection at the company’s New Hampshire service center.The inspection was prompted by an Oct. 3, 2007, accident in which an employee died when he was crushed beneath the forklift he was operating after it went off the edge of a loading dock. OSHA’s inspection found that the employee had not been using the forklift’s seatbelt, and the company had not trained him and other forklift operators to follow the manufacturer’s guideline that seatbelts be used during operation.
For the lack of training, OSHA issued the company one willful citation, with the maximum proposed fine of $70,000. The company also was issued one repeat citation, with a $35,000 fine, for allowing the forklift to be operated in a defective condition. OSHA cited a company facility in Illinois for a similar hazard in May 2007.
In addition, OSHA issued three serious citations, with $14,500 in fines, for the lack of seatbelt use, not having the forklift maintain a safe distance from the edges of the loading dock, and not marking aisles and passageways for forklift use.
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