Employer Hit With Nearly $90,000 in Proposed Penalties in Forklift Fatality

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

Failure to train some of its employees on the safe operation of a heavy-duty forklift could net a Southern California construction supplier a sizable Cal/OSHA penalty in the wake of an April 13 incident that killed one of its workers.Marcelo Delarosa, 26, was killed while delivering roofing tiles when he apparently lost control of the high-reach forklift he was operating on a steep grade at a residence.According to Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), Delarosa was one

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