Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: CRUSHING

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer does not furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees exposed to the hazard posed by operation of a power industrial truck without the operator using a restraining device (seat belt). The employer violated this obligation on or about December 16, 2002, where employee(s) were exposed to a crushing hazard while the Eagle Picher Industries Model R 80 Rough Terrain Forklift was operated without the use of a seat belt to move bundles of slab wood and elevate employees to pin/mud kiln doors. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to establish a policy that requires the use of seat belts, communicate the policy to employees, and enforce the use of seat belts. "Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19(d), the employer must provide documentation that this violation has been abated within 10 calendar days after the abatement date."ent