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

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employmnent 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: At the site, employees of Dick De Valk Builder, were exposed to multiple and/or death created by the use of an elevated work platform which was not designed, constructed, and/or used in accordance with the acceptable requirements of the American Safety Standard for Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks, ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 and other acceptable industry practices. For example, the platform did not meet the following design and use requirements of section 8.25 and 5.15 of ASME/ANSI B56.6a in the following areas: (1)Platform dimension exceeded in width more than 10 inches greater than the overall width of the truck on either side, (2)Did not have the maximum work load and empty weight information prominently marked on the platform, (3)Restraining means such as a guardrails or a means of securing personnel such as a body belt or lanyard were not used. (a)At the site, employees were exposed to a tipping hazard when working off of a rough terrain truck using a 16 foot long basket. The platform did not have weight load information, employees were working from the platform when the operator was not at the controls, and the employees were exposed to a fall hazard due to the guard rail system's that was removed from the platforms. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct these hazards are to use safer alternate methods such as a scaffold or use a platform approved by the manufacturer meeting the design, manufacture, and requirements as ASME/ANSI B56.6a-1998 for all attachments on rough terrain forklifts. Abatement Certification or Documentation Required.tion