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

fall protection system to be independent from the anchorage point for the suspension system. (b) The vertical life line(s) and boatswains' suspension ropes were attached to each other. One 600 foot rope was doubled up and knotted to make two separate ropes. One served as the life line and the other rope as the suspension rope. The whole rope was secured to five (50 pound) steel weights placed in a mop bucket on wheels and then tied back to the elevator mechanical roof housing. A feasible means of abatement would be to comply with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Window Cleaning Association standard IWCA I-14.1- 2001 Window Cleaning Safety, section 5.6.7 that requires boatswains' chairs to be equipped with and utilize an independent fall arrest system complying with Section 3.8 and Section 9.2.2. (c) The employer did not train each employee who erects, disassembles, moves and operates the scaffold, to ensure those erecting the scaffold use the correct procedures, are aware of the scaffold hazards and design criteria. A feasible means of abatement would be to comply with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Window Cleaning Association standard IWCA I-14.1- 2001 Window Cleaning Safety, Section 5.6.2 and Section 5.7.2 that requires employees to be trained in the use and care of boatswains' chairs and rope descent systems (RDS). (d) Employee(s) did not inspect vertical life line and boatswains' support rope before use, and remove the defective rope from service, in that the rope outer protective sheath was abraided away exposing the internal rope structure that also exhibited abrasion damage. A feasible means of abatement would be to comply with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Window Cleaning Association standard IWCA I-14.1- 2001 Window Cleaning Safety, section 5.7.3 that requires all components of the rope descent system and safety devices to be inspected for damage before use, and to removethem from service. (e) Vertical life line and suspension ropes secured around the elevator mechanical housing on the roof were damaged and not protected from sharp edges and abrasion. A feasible means of abatement would be to comply with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Window Cleaning Association standard IWCA I-14.1- 2001 Window Cleaning Safety, section 14.5.5 that requires all ropes to be protected from contact with any surface that may abraid, sever, weaken or damage the rope(s). Certification, and documentation/evidence of abatement is required. Certification of abatement is required by 29 CFR Part 1903 and is to be submitted within ten (10) calendar days after the abatement date.ment