Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

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 HAZARD OF BEING STRUCK BY PLATFORM AND/OR FALLING IN SHAFTWAY WHEN OPERATING AND WORKING AROUND UNGUARDED SHAFTS OF MATERIAL LIFTS/ ELEVATORS: A) AZO DEPARTMENT: LIFT FROM 1ST FLOOR TO MEZZANINE WAS NOT GUARDED ON OR ABOUT 9/13/90. B) SHADY STREET, 1ST FLOOR: GATE AROUND LIFT WAS NOT CLOSED ON OR ABOUT 9/13/90. AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO: INSTALL THE FENCE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY AROUND THE AZO DEPARTMENT LIFT AND INTERLOCK THE ENTRANCE GATES TO PREVENT THE DOOR FROM OPENING UNLESS THE PLATFORM IS AT THE LANDING. REPAIR 1ST FLOOR GATE OF SHADY STREET LIFT SO THAT IT CLOSES AND INTERLOCKS.