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

Section 5(a)(1) of Public Law 91-596, 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: falling while riding on the forks of a rough terrain fork-lift. (a)Global Outreach International proposed church site, located near the southwest corner of the intersection of Kings Highway (a county road running N-S) with Mississippi Highway 6/278, in the Furrs community of Pontotoc County, Mississippi - On or about October 18, 2007, an employee was observed riding while standing on 2 X 10 inch boards being carried across the forks of a JLG Skytrak 8042 Rough Terrain Forklift, as it traveled on the West side of the building.