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

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 being crushed between Dumbwaiter car and wall: a) Basement level, Blue Star Supermarket, 40-10 Main Street, Flushing NY. - On 3/9/90 - Atlas Dumbwaiter FDO - 500 installed at location was permitted to operate with its hoistway door open (basement level) without engagement of electrical and mechanical interlock and contacts. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is: to return all mechanical (keeper) interlocks to doors, rewire electrical contacts and the safety system for the basement level interlock, to insure that the dumbwaiter car will only operate up or down when both car hoistway doors are in the closed position.