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

40.1-51.1(a) of the Code of Virginia: The employer, Stowe Woodward LLC, did not furnish a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were operating a 40K Pound Crane Pro Overhead Crane where the hooks at the end of slings had latches that would not close the throat opening. These hooks were not removed from service or moused until the latch was replaced or repaired. In the Production Area, two hooks used to lift product weighing approximately 3000 pounds had been provided with latches that did not spring back into place after loading product on the hook. Employees could suffer injury if the product became inadvertently unhooked. One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among other methods, to correct this hazard would be to repair or replace the hook latches such as that called for by ANSI B30.10c-1992, American National Standard Safety Code for Hooks.