Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: On or about 02/03/12, at 451 Lincoln Road Miami Beach FL, an employee was struck by a load of building material being placed into position for unloading from a rough terrain forklift. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to have the employees working with and/or around the forklift, work in accordance with ANSI Standard B56.6 2005 that states in part that the operator understand the rough terrain forklift limitations and operate the truck in a safe manner as not to cause injury to personnel. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.