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. To the hazard of being crushed by or caught in machinery: On or about April 12, 1989, at the Waste House #3 the employer failed to restrict an employee with a history of loss of consciousness from working in the vicinity of the conveyor to the paper hogger. One feasible exceptable method to correct this hazard among others, is to obtain specific medical information on limitations and work restriction for employees with known handicaps or medical conditions prior to allowing such employees into the work area; and to enforce the adherence to these restrictions.