The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited instances of employees operating forklifts without training and failure to conduct daily forklift truck inspections in fining a manufacturer of strip-wound and corrugated metal hoses.

Within a narrow time window, management of Precision Hose Inc of Stone Mountain can request an informal conference with OSHA staff or contest the citations before an independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

OSHA cited Precision Hose for 44 safety and health violations and imposed fines of USD58,887. In addition to the forklift violations, Precision Hose was cited, among other flaws, for fall, tripping, electrical and noise hazards, lack of machine guards, operation of an overhead crane needing control repairs and lack of suitable eyewash or shower stations.

The firm employs about 55 staff, occupies 40,000 sqft (3,600 sqm), makes square-locked and interlocked metal hoses and fabricates corrugated metal hose assemblies.

OSHA is a regulatory arm of the US Department of Labour.