Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001A Hazard: LACKTRAIN

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 hazards of contact with turning propeller blades, ingestion into jet intakes, and contact with jet exhausts as the employer did not instruct employees working on the ramp at the Business Aircraft Center of the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio not to approach aircraft with their engines powered up nor did the employer instruct employees in the procedures and routes necessary to safely approach aircraft with their engines powered up. Note: Feasible and acceptable abatement methods include but are not limited to: 1. Developing and implementing a training curriculum to include rules, regulations and procedures for operations in the ramp area, procedures for communicating with the flight line crew and/or pilots, and enhancement of "situational awareness", with a specific Standard Operating Procedure for situations where one or more bags of checks have been left off an aircraft in error where that aircraft is already powered up; 2. Reinforcing training through periodic refresher training, safety memos, and posted safety messages; 3. Involving supervisors in ramp operations to ensure that safe procedures are being followed; 4. Warning or disciplining employees when they fail to follow safe procedures; 5. Revising the procedures when "near miss" incidents occur that are the result of inadequate or inappropriate procedures; 6. Reviewing each instance where checks have been left off an aircraft to be sure that the Standard Operating Procedure was followed and the situation was handled appropriately from a safety standpoint.