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 the hazard(s) of falling, being crushed and electrical shock: The employer did not provide an American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code elevator that met the minimum requirements of ASME A17.1-1993 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. Feasible and acceptable abatement methods include but are not necessarily limited to: 1. Provide a hoistway free of any windows. 2. Provide floor (number) markings on all levels of the hoistway. 3. Provide a permanent noncombustible stair to the machine (cable) room with handrails on all open sides. 4.Provide a self closing and locking access door to the machine (cable) room. This door must be provided with a spring-type lock arranged to permit the door to be opened from the inside. This door shall be kept closed and locked to prevent unauthorized access to the room. 5.Provide guards or enclosure for live electrical contacts in the machine (cable) room. 6. Provide guards of enclosures for all rotating shaft and other parts in the machine (cable) room. 7.Provide a permanent light fixture for illumination in the pit. The lighting shall provide 5 footcandels. The light bulb(s) shall be externally guarded to prevent contact and accidental breakage. The light switch shall be accessible from the pit access door. A duplex receptacle rated not less than 15 A, 120 V, shall be provided. 8. Install an emergency stop switch in the pit that is enclosed. This switch shall be so located as to be accessible form the pit access door. 9.Provide vision panels in the horizontally swinging door (note: viewing the location of the elevator through the cracks or opening the door is not permitted). The area of the vision panel shall be 24 square inches not to exceed 80 square inches. The panel opening shall be glazed with wire glass not less than 1/4 inch thick. The center of the panel shall be located not less than 54 inches nor more than 66 inches above the landing. The vision panel shall be protective grilles made of .0625 inch thick steel. Grilles shall be secured by nonreversible screws or other tamper proof fasteners. Grilles shall contain openings not larger than 3 inches in diameter. Such openings shall be spaced at 1 inch center. All edges shall be free of burrs and beveled. Grilles shall be installed on the hoistway side of the door. 10.Provide a hoistway-door interlock to prevent the operation of the driving machine by the normal operating device, unless the hoistway-door is locked in the closed position and to prevent the opening of the hoistway-door from the landing side unless the car is within the landing zone. 11. Provide a metal landing sill that is substantially flush with the floor surface of the elevator landings and maintained to secure a foothold over the entire width of the door opening . 12.Provide proper markings which are permanently and securely mounted consisting of: a. Capacity Plates, which shall indicate the rated load of the elevator in pounds. Located in a conspicuous position in the car. b. Data Plates, which shall indicate the weight of the complete car including the car safety and all auxiliary equipment attached to the car, the rated load and speed, the wire rope data and the manufacturer's name and year manufactured. Located on the car crosshead. c. Signs, which shall indicated the type of loading for which the elevator is designed and installed. Located inside the car and in accordance with section 207.5 of the 1993 ASME elevator code. The material and markings of plates shall be done in accordance with 207.3c of the 1993 ASME elevator code. 13.Provide a marking plates on each spring buffer showing the load rating and stroke. 14.Provide a hoistway access switch to allow the elevator car to be raised above the landing to permit access to the pit. 15.Provide the underside of wood platforms with sheet metal of at least 0.0164 inches in thickness or painting with an approved fire-retardant paint having a flame spread rating of not over 50. 16.Provide a gate or door at the entrance of the car that complies with section 204 of the 1993 ASME elevator code. 17.Light bulbs or tubes shall be externally guarded or coated to contain the glass in case the bulb or tube accidentally break. 18.Provide an operating device of the closed electrical type. Rope operating devices shall not be used. 19.Provide an emergency stop switch located in or adjacent to the car operating panel. 20.Provide an elevator layout drawing in accordance with section 214 of the 1993 ASME elevator code. 21.Have an acceptance inspection conducted by an inspector that meets the qualification requirements of ASME QEI-1. The authorized inspector shall certify that the tests have been performed and provide a report of the tests. 22.Provide routine inspections of freight elevators at intervals not longer than six months in accordance with the 1993 ASME elevator code. ABATEMENT: STEP 1:A written plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining the administrative and work practice measures to control employees exposure to the hazards as referenced in this citation. STEP 2:A written plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining the a schedule for the implementation of engineering measures to control employees exposure to the hazards referenced in this citation. This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation. (1) Evaluation of engineering control options; (2) Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design; (3) Procurement and operation of selected control measures; All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by an ASME QEI-1 qualified inspector. STEP 3:Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering controls and report of acceptance testing by a qualified inspector.