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

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of l970: 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) The hazard of riding/walking on moving conveyors during operating cycles. Among others, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to instruct personnel working on or near a conveyors not to ride on the conveyors. 5(a)(l) Elements (1) The employer failed to keep the workplace free of hazards to which employees of the employer were exposed to a fall, strike-by and/or caught-in-between injury when allowed to walk/ride on moving conveyors. (2) The hazard is a recognized hazard in that an American National Standard (ASME B20.1-1996-Safety Standard For Conveyors And Related Equipment). It states: No Person Shall Ride on a Conveyor. (3) The hazard is causing or likely to cause serious physical harm if an employee were to fall from the moving conveyor and/or receive a strike-by and/or caught-in- between injury. (4) One feasible method to correct this hazard would be to train personnel permitted to operate a conveyor and to enforce at all times that walking/riding on conveyors is not allowed during operating cycles. Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Sample Abatement-Certification Letter").