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

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 employees were exposed to the hazard of a fall of approximately 36 feet or 3 floors: a) Employees could access the elevator shaft when the car was not on the landing, by holding the south bi-door shut and operating the up/down steel cable to call the elevator car to their landing. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abate method to correct the hazard is, install hoistway door interlocks that allow the doors to open only when the elevator car is in the landing zone. This requirement can be found in the following consensus standards: 1. American Society of Mechani al Engineers publication A17.3-1990 titled, "Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators". The specific referenced portion is "Part II Hoistways and Related Cosntruction for Electric Elevators, Section 2.7, Hoistway Door Locking Devices, Parking Devices, and Access". or in the alternative; 2. The same requirement for door interlocks, to insure that an elevator car be in the landing zone before the doors can be opened, is found in "American National Standard Institute Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters and Moving Walks A17.1-1971, Part I titled "Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures and Related Construction for Electric Elevators, Section III Hoistway-Door Locking Devices, Car Door or Gate Electric Contacts, Hoistway Access Switches, and Elevator Parking Devices. Rule 111.1 Locking Devices Required". kkll kkll kkll