Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(ii)(I): Powered industrial truck operators did not receive initial training in other unique or potentially hazardous conditions of the workplace that could affect safe operation: On or about August 09, 2024, at a workplace located at 22614 West 167th Street, Olathe, Kansas, a temporary employee operating a stand-up forklift in aisleway 45 was pinned and crushed between a steel storage rack lower cross member and the forklift, resulting in a fatal injury. The employer failed to train reach (stand-up) forklift operators to recognize and avoid the workplace specific hazard of storage rack cross members entering the standup forklift operator's compartment.