OSHA Fines O'Hare Forklift Operators for Transporting Unsecured Fuel Tanks

Forklift operators at Chicago's busiest airport often transport fuel containers that aren't secured with clamps, Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found. OSHA fined Alliance Ground International, a cargo-handling company that works out of O'Hare International Airport, nearly $340,000 for nine violations of federal occupational safety standards. Alliance Ground International failed to decommission damaged forklifts, inspect forklifts on a shift-by-shift basis, use manufacturer-recommended parts when repairing forklifts, maintain fully charged fire extin...