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Trainer's Handbook: Safe Work Practices for Lead-Acid Battery Charging Can Prevent Explosions and Burns
January 2012
There are a lot of ways to be injured or killed around forklifts: Workers can be run over, impaled, crushed by falling loads, or crushed when the forklift rolls over. . . . more »

Fleet Safety: Worker's Death Prompts Updated Guidance on Servicing Single, Split-Rim, and Multi-Piece Rims
January 2012
On Jan. 18, 2010, a 27-year-old leased laborer working at a California tile company was changing a flat forklift tire with a co-worker. The two men assembled and inflated one wheel assembly with no problems. . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: 'Transportation' Standard Applies to Parked Forklift Load; Three Key Findings You Should Know
November 2011
Loren Roose worked as a preventive maintenance and repair technician for Forklift Sales of Sacramento, Inc., in Fresno. While Roose was at a customer's facility in 2005, he was asked to repair the wheels on a pallet jack. . . . more »

Chemical Process Safety: Refinery Fire Draws Attention to Deficits in Procedures and Testing; Do You Know What the PSM Rules Require?
September 2011
Two contractors were performing pipe-breaking work at the Evergreen Oil refinery in Newark on March 29 when a section of the pipe burst. The de-gassed oil released from the pipe ignited, melting a nearby tank and causing a hydrochloric acid release that injured one worker and started a two-alarm fire. . . . more »

Sample Forklift Attachment and Modification Policy
COCA Online Exclusive July 2010
Adding attachments to or modifying the lifting apparatus on a forklift can create hazards if not done with care. Under this company's policy, the following must be done if any attachment is added to a forklift or modification made to the lifting apparatus: . . . more »

Bulletin: Online Exclusive: Sample Forklift Attachment and Modification Policy
July 2010
Adding attachments to or modifying the lifting apparatus on a forklift often increases the machinery's usefulness, but it can also create hazards if not done with . . . more »

Forklifts: Modifications Can Cause Injury; How to Increase Utility Without Compromising Safety
June 2010
Modifying a forklift--by adding extra counterweights to increase its load capacity, different lifting apparatus to raise different kinds of loads, or platforms to allow the forklift to raise personnel--can increase its usefulness but can also create deadly situations. If you modify a forklift in any way, make sure you address the issue of safety first. . . . more »

Forklifts: 7 Tips for Keeping Workers Safe On and Around Powered Industrial Trucks
February 2009
On Nov. 20, 2008, a truck driver from Iowa delivered new light poles to the football field at Frontier High School in Bakersfield. He was watching another worker unload the poles with a forklift when the load shifted. A pole fell and hit him in the stomach, fatally injuring him. . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: Forklift Death Results in $48,750 Final Penalties; How Employer Obtained a Reduction
December 2008
ABC Supply Company, a Wisconsin-based roofing supplier, rented a rough terrain forklift for workers in its Los Angeles facility to use. On April 13, 2005, a worker was descending a grade, with a load raised up on the forks, when the forklift tipped over. The worker was killed . . . more »

Trainer's Handbook: Forklift Operators; Is It Time to Conduct Periodic Refresher Training?
May 2008
Imagine if the Egyptian pharaohs owned forklifts--all that manpower they used hauling huge rocks could have been reduced to a half-dozen forklifts and a couple of cranes. Forklifts give one person the ability to lift and move loads in . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Commercial Wood Products Co. Dockets 05-R6D2-1643 through 1645
4/30/2008
Commercial Wood Products Co. (Employer) is a wood cabinet manufacturer. On November 3, 2004, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), through Associate Safety Engineer Leticia Reyes conducted an accident inspection at a place of employment maintained by Employer at 10019 Yucca Road, Adelanto, California (the site). On April 6, 2005, the Division cited Employer for the following alleged violations of the occupational safety and health standards and orders found in Title 8, California Code of Regulations: . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Shea Kenny JV Docket 07-R5D3-3218
3/29/2008
On July 3, 2007, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), conducted a planned inspection at a work site operated by Shea Kenny JV (Employer) at 920 E. 40^th Street, San Bernardino, California. The inspection was conducted by Steve A. Chakmakjian, Associate Safety Engineer with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. On July 9, 2007, the Division, cited the Employer for the following alleged violation of the occupational safety and health standards and others found in Title 8, California Code of Regulations.¹ . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Gamboa & Company Inc. DBA LA Components Inc. 06-R6D2-2529 through 2541
3/28/2008
On February 6, 2006, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), conducted a program inspection at a work site operated by Gamboa & Company Inc. DBA LA Components (Employer) at 5304 Alcoca Avenue, Vernon California. The inspection was conducted by Zohra Ali, Associate Safety Engineer with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. On June 9, 2006, the Division, cited employer for the following alleged violations of the occupational safety and health standards and orders found in Title 8, California Code of Regulations. . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Harry L. Murphy Inc. Dockets 06-R1D2-218 and 219
10/2/2007
At various times from September 6, 2005 through December 29, 2005, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), conducted an accident inspection at 42 Bonaventura Drive in San Jose, CA, location of employer, Harry L. Murphy Inc. (Employer) . . . more »

Industrial Equipment: Beware of Rollover Hazards; Take Precautions to Protect Workers
September 2007
Thomas Cadwallader had a 20-year history of safely operating equipment for his employer when he arrived at work on April 27, 2006. The 61-year-old construction foreman was assigned to a project at . . . more »

Forklifts: What Your Operators Need to Know to Safely Drive This Potentially Deadly Piece of Machinery
March 2006
Powered industrial trucks, or forklifts, can be dangerous--and they're present in many different types of work environments. You find them in places where youth and civilians are present, such as groc . . . more »

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