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

29 CFR 1926.1203(d): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives: On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit), wherein the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, and during which the employer did not have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site, and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards. NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.