Forklift With Faulty Brakes Kept in Service for Seven Weeks, OSHA Alleges

A national farm supply company has been issued federal safety citations after allegedly requiring employees to keep using a forklift even after a brake failure caused it to crash into a customer’s vehicle at a facility in Xenia, Ohio. Rural King Supply Inc. faces proposed penalties of $258,672 from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA issued citations for two willful violations on April 18. The company has 15 business days to contest the citations. According to the citations, employees were required to keep using a forklift every day for seven weeks after a brak...