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

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to falling on stairs or platform. a)facility, bay #5 - where the employer failed to provide adequate lighting in all areas of the mechanic's pit when employees descended or ascended stairs and worked underneath vehicles with hand tools where one measured illumination reading was between 1.85 and 1.93 foot- candles. Reference:American National Standard Practice for Industrial Lighting Standard (A11.1-1965), table 1, page 13. Note:Among other methods of abatement, feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard is to maintain installed lighting in operating condition, ensure a regular scheduled system of maintenance to clean the luminaries and transparent protective shields, and if necessary install additional fixed lighting systems ensuring a minimum of 20 foot-candles at the stairs.ndles