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 hazards associated with an uninspected special purpose personnel elevator: The special purpose personnel elevator located in the grain elevator had not been inspected in accordance with the frequencies prescribed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1-1996. ASME A17.1-1996 requires routine inspections and tests of this elevator at intervals not longer than six months and periodic inspections and tests of this elevator at intervals not longer than one year. The elevator had not been inspected since October 13, 1998, representing a period of almost eighteen months. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is: Ensure that inspection of special purpose personnel elevator occurs at intervals required by ASME A17.1. 29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.