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 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 struck-by hazards: (a)On or about 09/21/11 - Brookwood Women's Center, 2010 Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL, lockout tagout procedures were not utilized when servicing or maintenance was being performed at the top of an elevator car. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to comply with the American National Standard A10.44-2006, Control of Energy Sources (Lockout/Tagout) for Construction and Demolition Operations, and to enforce the Company's program of energy control procedures to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative. In addition the employer should comply with instructions outlined in the Otis Employee Safety Handbook, Section 10.0,, Lockout Tagout Procedure, Control of Hazardous Electrical Energy - General Rules, Paragraph A which states "When work is performed on equipment where operation is not required, the equipment must be completely de- energized, locked and tagged out, and verified that the power source(s) has been removed.