Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146: a) On or about February 19, 2025, and at times prior, the employer, Clear Creek Skiing Corporation, required employees to enter permit spaces to engage in maintenance operations on the portable, Mini Magic Carpet surface lift. Maintenance operations requiring permit entry included, but were not limited to the following: inspections, height and slope adjustments of one or more surface lift sections, conveyor belt re-alignment, snow and ice removal, lubrication of bearings, as well as repair and replacement of lift components. The employer failed to implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146 for safe permit entry operations to protect employees. On February 9, 2025, an employee was engaged in maintenance operations in the lower vault on the portable, Mini Magic Carpet surface lift. During these operations, the employee's arm was caught in and pulled between the moving conveyor belt and rollers. This incident resulted in the employee sustaining multiple bone fractures. This condition exposed employees to caught-in, crushing, electrical shock, engulfment, and entrapment hazards. b) On or about February 19, 2025, and at times prior, the employer, Clear Creek Skiing Corporation, required employees to enter permit spaces to engage in maintenance operations on the Rainbow Magic Carpet surface lift. Maintenance operations requiring permit entry included, but were not limited to the following: inspections, conveyor belt re-alignment, snow and ice removal, lubrication of bearings, as well as repair and replacement of lift components. The employer failed to implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146 for safe permit entry operations to protect employees from hazards while performing these operations. This condition exposed employees to caught-in and electrical shock hazards. c) On or about February 19, 2025, and at times prior, the employer, Clear Creek Skiing Corporation, required employees to enter permit spaces to engage in maintenance operations on the Ski School Magic Carpet surface lift. Maintenance operations requiring permit entry included, but were not limited to the following: inspections, conveyor belt re-alignment, snow and ice removal, lubrication of bearings, as well as repair and replacement of lift components. The employer failed to implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146 for safe permit entry operations to protect employees from hazards while performing these operations. This condition exposed employees to caught-in and electrical shock hazards.