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

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 was free from recognized hazard(s) that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm, in that employee(s) were exposed to the hazards of being crushed, severely abraded, or caught between an elevator car and the elevator hoistway wall due to the movement of the elevator car while the employee(s) were working outside of the car between the car and the hoistway wall: JOBSITE AT 40 COURT STREET, "THE ARBORS", REAR OF BUILDING, #1 ELEVATOR HOISTWAY, WESTFIELD, MA -- ON OR ABOUT 6/2/2005, AN EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD(S) OF BEING CRUSHED, SEVERELY ABRADED, AND/OR CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR CAR AND THE ELEVATOR HOISTWAY WALL DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE ELEVATOR CAR WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR CAR AND THE HOISTWAY WALL. AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD WOULD BE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MANDATORY LOCKOUT AND TAGOUT PROCEDURE REQUIRING THAT THE MAIN POWER DISCONNECT FOR THE ELEVATOR CAR BE IN THE OPEN AND LOCKED POSITION BEFORE ANY PART OF THE BODY IS ALLOWED IN THE HOISTWAY WHILE THE ELEVATOR CAR PANELS ARE BEING INSTALLED, REMOVED OR ADJUSTED.,