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: A) 2/8/91, EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO FALLS IN THAT EMPLOYEES WERE PERMITTED TO LOAD, UNLOAD AND WORK NEAR FREIGHT ELEVATOR IN MAIN BUILDING, WITHOUT ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO PREVENT THE OPENING OF THE HOISTWAY DOOR FROM THE LANDING SIDE UNLESS THE CAR IS WITHIN THE LANDING ZONE AND IS EITHER STOPPED OR BEING STOPPED IN THAT: 1) ELEVATOR ACCESS DOORS (OR "HOISTWAY DOORS") ON ALL FLOOR AT TIME OF ELEVATOR MOVEMENT, WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH PROPERLY FUNCTION HOISTING UNIT SYSTEM DOOR INTERLOCKS. ELEVATOR ACCESS DOOR ON THE FOURTH, THIRD, SECOND FLOOR, MAIN DOOR ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT DOOR WERE EQUIPPED WITH MAGNETIC SWITCHES.