Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: CUTS

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that: a) the cargo lift located between the first floor at the cutting area and the second floor storage area was operated without hoistway doors equipped with interlocks. The cargo lift operator and other employees near the cargo lift are at risk of being crushed when the cargo lift is operated without a door on the first floor and when the half door on the second floor is open. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to install a hoistway-unit system hoistway-door interlock as referenced in ASME A17.1, 1993, Section 111, Hoistway-Door Locking Devices, Car Door or Gate Electric Contacts, Hoistway Access Switches, and Elevator Parking Devices. The hoistway-unit system hoistway-door interlock will accomplish the following: 1.Prevent the operation of the cargo lift driving machine by the normal operating device unless all hoistway doors are locked in the closed position. 2.Prevent the opening of the cargo lift door or gate from the landing side unless the car is within the landing zone and is either stopped or is being stopped.