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

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 danger created by the unguarded vision panels in the hoistway doors while riding in or waiting for the moving elevator: (a)Try Street Terminal Site, Freight Elevator #3: Unguarded vision panels exited on the hoistway doors on Floors 2 through 9 while the elevator operated, thereby exposing employees at the hoistway doors and inside the elevator to the danger posed by putting body parts through the unguarded openings, as observed 4/13/06. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable means of abatement to correct this hazard is to cover the openings created by the missing vision panels in accordance with the American National Standard, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, "Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators" ASME A17.1-1996, Section 110.7a.