OSHA Inspection: SAINT VINCENT DEPAUL THRIFT STORE

Issued

Sep 21, 1989

Abate by

Sep 22, 1989

Penalty

Initial $810

General-duty citation text

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:
a) Saint Vincent Depaul Thrift Store, Elevator No. 1:  On or about
9/16/89, and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to the
hazard of being crushed by the moving elevator car and to falls down
the elevator hoistway.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement to correct the
hazards are:
1) All hoistway entrances must be provided with hoistway doors or gates
which guard the full width of the hoistway to a height of at least 6
feet. The hoistway doors or gates must be provided with mechanical
locks and electrical controls or with interlocks which will prevent
movement of the car unless all gates or doors are in the closed
position and will prevent the gates or doors from being opened from
the hoistway side unless the car is at that landing.
2) The elevator car must be provided with a car door or gate which
guards the full width of the car to a height of at least 6 feet. The
car door or gate must be provided with an electrical contact that
will prevent the operation of the elevator unless the door or gate
is in the closed position.
3) The V-belt drive system is prohibited and must be replaced with a
direct drive system.
4) A metal of concrete floor, capable of supporting at least a 300
pound load on any 4 square inches, shall be provided at the top of
the elevator hoistway.
5) The elevator must be provided with a pit of proper depth for the car
speed and design.
6) The elevator car must be provided with proper top and bottom
clearances for the car speed and design.
7) The elevator can and counterweight must be provided with buffers.
8) The elevator car must be provided with a proper electric light.
9) The elevator car must be provided with a car safety device of a type
proper for the car's speed and operation.
10) The elevator car safety must be provided with a switch which, when
operated, will remove power to the elevator before or at the time the
safety is applied.
11) The elevator car safety device must be activated by a speed
governor.
12) The elevator's winding drum machine must have a final terminal
stopping switch located on and operated by the driving machine.
13) The elevator must be provided with final terminal stopping switch
located in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car.
14) The elevator's suspension ropes must have the drum ends of the ropes
secured on the inside of the drum by clamps or by tapered babbitted
sockets or by other acceptable means.
15) The counterweight ends of the counterweight wire ropes must be
fostered by individual tapered babbitted rope sockets or by other
acceptable means.
16) An emergency stop switch, that is manually operated, red in color,
and conspicuously marked "STOP" must be provided in the elevator car
adjacent to the operating control.
17) The elevator car and the counterweight must be provided with
buffers.
18) A stop switch must be provided in the elevator pit.
19) The elevator landings must be so lighted that the illumination at
the landing sills, when the elevator is in serivce, in not less than
5 foot candles.
ABATEMENT NOTE: Until the above listed items are completely abated, this
elevator must be placed out of service with all hoistway gates closed
and with the fire enclosure doors locked.

Issued

Sep 21, 1989

Abate by

Nov 24, 1989

Penalty

Initial $810

General-duty citation text

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 hazads that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that:
a) Saint Vincent DePaul Thrift Store, Elevator No. 2: On or about
9/16/89, and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to the
hazard of being crushed by the moving elevator car and to falls down
the elevator hoistway.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatment methods to correct
the hazards are:
1) All hoistway entrances must be provided with hoistway doors or gates
which guard the full width of the hoistway to a height of at least 6
feet. The hoistway doors or gates must be provided with mechanical
locks and electrical controls or with interlocks which will prevent
movement of the car unless all gates or doors are in the closed
position and will prevent the gates or doors from being opened from
the hoistway side unless the car is at the landing.
2) The elevator car must be provided with a car door or gate which
guards the full width of the car to a height of at least 6 feet. The
car door or gate must be provided with an electrical contact that
will prevent the operation of the elevator unless the door or gate
is in the closed position.
3) An emergency stop switch, that is manually operated, red in color,
and conspicuously marked "STOP" must be provided in the elevator car
adjacent to the operating control.
4) The elevator car top must be capable of sustaining a load of at least
300 pounds on any square area 2 feet on a side.
5) The elevator car and the counterweight must be provided with buffers.
6) A stop switch must be provided in the elevator pit.
7) A capacity plate, giving the rated capacity of the elevator, must be
provided in the car.
8) The car light must be repaired and made operable.
9) The final terminal stopping switches located in the elevator pit must
be repaired and made operable.
10) All debris should be removed from the elevator pit.
11) The elevator car safety must be provided with a switch which, when
operated, will remove power to the elevator before or at the time the
safety is applied.
12) The elevator landings must be so lighted that the illumination at
the landing sills, when the elevator is in service, is not less than
5 foot candles.
13) The elevator must be placed under a maintenance contract with a
qualified service company, so the all systems that assure safe
operation of the elevator will be maintained in proper working order
so that they will perform the functions for which they are intended.
ABATEMENT NOTE:  An action plan for correcting the above items must be
submitted in the Billings Area Office on or before 10/5/89.