Texas company cited after worker’s fatal forklift fall
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a San Antonio wire drawing company after a worker suffered a fatal fall from a forklift in February.
OSHA on Monday announced it cited WMC San Antonio LLC after inspectors learned the company allowed employees to ride atop an unsecured, site-made forklift attachment while moving wire-mesh bundles at its plant.
The worker who died was transporting bundles to flat-bed trailers when the attachment from the forklift slid off the forks and caused the fatal fall, according to OSHA.
OSHA cited the company for one willful violation for failing to provide fall protection for employees working up to 13 feet and one willful violation for exposing workers to fall and struck-by hazards.
OSHA issued proposed penalties of $299,339.
The company has 15 business days to contest the citations and penalties.
