OSHA Inspection: SHAWPRINT

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Sep 30, 1988

Penalty

Initial $280 · Current $224 Reduced

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 employees were exposed to
the hazards of having part of their body caught between the moving
elevator and the hoistway.
A feasible and useful method to correct this hazard, among other methods
is the installation of elevator car doors or gates that would prevent
employees from having any part of their body outside the periphery of
the elevator car unless the elevator car is within the landing zone and
that were electrically interlocked to prevent the elevator car from
moving unless the elevator car doors or gates are in the closed
position:
a) Facility: The freight elevator was not provided with suitable
hoistway door(s) or gate(s) interlocked to prevent the elevator
from moving when the door(s) or gate(s) are not in the closed
position and so latched that they cannot be opened from the
landing side unless the car is within the loading zone.

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Sep 30, 1988

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 employees were exposed to
the hazards of falling down the hoistway shaft when the elevator car was
not in the landing zone, being struck by the elevator car when the car
was entering or leaving the landing zone or having part of their body
caught between the moving elevator and the hoistway.
A feasible and useful method to correct this hazard, among other methods
is to provide elevator hoistway or landing with doors or gates to
prevent employees from having any part of their body within the hoistway
shaft, outside the periphery of the landing, unless the elevator is
within the landing zone and that were electrically interlocked to
prevent the elevator car from moving when the hoistway or landing doors
or gates are in the open position and so latched that the door or gates
cannot be opened from the landing side unless the elevator car is within
the landing:
a) Facility: The freight elevator which runs between the first
and second floors had two landing gates neither of which were
interlocked.

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Jul 24, 1987

Penalty

Initial $168 · Current $168

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Jul 26, 1987

Penalty

Initial $280 · Current $224 Reduced

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Jul 26, 1987

Penalty

Initial $210 · Current $168 Reduced

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Aug 17, 1987

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Aug 17, 1987

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Jul 26, 1987

Issued

Jul 23, 1987

Abate by

Aug 3, 1987