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

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 PINCH POINT BETWEEN ELEVATOR LANDING AND DOOR: A) F/T ALEUTIAN SPEEDWELL: THE FACTORY FREIGHT ELEVATOR INTERLOCK WAS NOT FUNCTIONING ON THE LANDING DOOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS (ANSI A17.101971), RULE 111.1B. AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO REPAIR EXISTING INTERLOCK AND MAINTAIN THE INTERLOCK IN WORKING ORDER ON ALL DECKS.