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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 in an elevator shaft were exposed to the hazard of falling from upper levels to the elevator pit and exposed to falling from and/or falling with an elevator car-sling and platform free falling from upper levels and/or being struck by a free falling elevator car-sling and platform and/or its components: Location: Construction Site: B2 shaftway, "The Westchester", White Plains, NY: On or about 6/16/94: a) The employer did not properly rig sling(s) to support an elevator car-sling and platform used as a work platform in the installation of an elevator system, thereby exposing employees who were not protected by the use of safety belts/harnesses and lifelines to falls of approximately 60 feet. AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF ADEQUATE SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURES. ELEMENTS ESSENTIAL TO A SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURE INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING: i) Rigging is to be in accordance with OSHA and ANSI standards; ii) Employees working on the elevator car-sling and platform will be protected against falls by the use of safety belts/harnesses attached to lifelines; iii) The employer will provide training and education in appropriate, safe operating procedures for employees engaged in elevator installation. On or before 6/16/94: b) The employer did not have the governor roped and the safeties made operational prior to the hoisting of the car-sling and platform as is in accordance with: 1National Elevator Manufacturing Industry, Inc., manual entitled, "Installation Manual, Basic Field Practices for Installation of Elevator and Escalator Equipment", April 1970 edition, which states on page 268 of Chapter 9, section -c1, "Before raising the elevator, the governor rope must be installed and the safety device made operational."; and 2- National Elevator Industry Educational Program training manual entitled, "Module 7, Car and Counterweight Assembly and Roping, Unit 2 Elevator Rope and Roping" (pages 18 and 20), 1991 edition, which states, "Before you lift the car, ensure the governor rope is installed and the safety device is operating.", and, "The governor and safety devices must be working before hoisting the working platform to the top for roping."; employees exposed to falling from and/or falling with an elevator car-sling andplatform free falling from upper levels to the elevator pit and/or being struck by a free falling elevator car-sling and platform and/or its components: AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS: i) Follow the recommended industry practice as described in chapter 9 of the National Elevator Manufacturing Industry, Inc., manual entitled, "Installation Manual, Basic Field Practices for Installation of Elevator and Escalator Equipment", April 1970 edition, and by the National Elevator Industry Educational Program on pages 18-21 of their training manual entitled, "Module 7, Car and Counterweight Assembly and Roping, Unit 2, Elevator Rope and Roping", 1991 edition, to rope up the governor and insure that the safeties are made operational prior to hoisting the car-sling and platform. THE DOVER ELEVATOR COMPANY, INC., WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, ITS EQUIVALENT, OR ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR STANDARD, SECTION 5 (a)(1) OF THE ACT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 017748013, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 6, ISSUED ON 6/1/90, AND WHICH BECAME A FINAL ORDER ON 6/10/92.