Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: FALLING

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 exposed to fall hazards were working in areas with poor illumination: (a)At the site in the rail yard, the employer did not provide adequate lighting for employees loading/unloading automobiles from railcars; measurements taken in all areas of the railcar with an Extech light meter registered lighting levels of 0 footcandles. This inadequate lighting condition would impact the employees' ability to judge their location in relation to the open-sided ends of the railcars, increasing the potential for the employees to fall from the 13 foot high upper level from which they work. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to provide additional lighting for the interior spaces of the railcars (e.g., use of portable tiered lighting - a light system that has three lights located at different levels). Figure 9-80 of the IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Lighting Handbook recommends that freight car interiors have a lighting level of at least 10 footcandles.