Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary. a) On or about June 29, 2020, at the above address, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified the pit of the freight elevator system as a permit-required confined space, thereby exposing an employee working in the elevator's pit to struck-by hazards from overhead materials and equipment.