OSHA Inspection: HOLLAND TERMINAL COLD STORAGE

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $500 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 hazard of being trapped inside of freezer rooms used for the storage
of product.  Door opening devices on the inside of freezer rooms were
either inoperable or not provided.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct
this hazard is:
1.   Installing a magnetic closing mechanism which can be easily
opened from the inside.
2.   Protecting the push rod on the door interior by means of a guard
to prevent the rod from being struck by pallets of product.
3.   Providing an audible and/or visual alarm which can be activated
from the inside to alert personnel in designated areas during
an emergency.
4.   Instituting a team operation to insure mutual assistance in case
of need.
REF:  U.S. Dept. of Labor - OSHA - General Industry Standards
29 CFR 1910.263(i)(1), 263(14)(ii), 263(20)(ii).
Violation observed on or about 5/16/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $300 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 hazard of being trapped in elevators A, D, E and Tower, without
a means of an emergency alarm system during an emergency such as fire,
injury, technical failure etc.  An emergency signal to alert personnel
of an emergency and a means for a two-way conversation between each
elevator at a readily accesible point outside the hoistway was not
provided.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:
1.   Provide an audible signaling device operable from a switch marked
"ALARM" located in, or adjacent to, each car operating panel.
The signaling device shall be located inside the building and
audible inside the car and outside the hoistway.  One signaling
device may be used for a group of elevators.
2.   Means of two-way conversation between each elevator and a readily
accessible point outside the hoistway (telephone, intercom,
etc.).
Reference Publication:
American National Standard Institute/American Society of Mechanical
Engineers A 17.3-1986 Sections 3.11.1;  A 17.1-1981 Section 211.1
Violation observed on or about 5/5/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $500 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 hazard of being crushed by the load or the industrial truck in the
elevator.  An emergency lighting system was not provided in elevators A,
D, E and Tower that would be automatically turned on in all elevators in
service immediately after normal car lighting power fails.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct
this hazard is to:
Provide an emergency lighting system for all elevators in
service, emergency lights shall be automatically turned on
immediately after normal car lighting power fails.
Reference Publication:
American National Standard Institute/American Society of Mechanical
Engineers A 17.3-1986 Section 1.5(b);
A 17.1-1981 Section 204.7(a)(3)(a)
Violation observed on or about 5/5/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 16, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $700 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 16, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 2, 1992

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $300 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 16, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $400 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 2, 1992

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $17,500 · Current $7,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

The alleged violations below have been  grouped  because  they  involve
similar or related hazards that may increase the potential  for  injury
resulting from an accident.
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:
a)  Tower Elevator - Ground Floor, Rooms 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 72, 73,
74, 75, 76;
b)  "E" Elevator - Rooms 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66;
c)  "D" Elevator - Rooms 8, 9, 11, 12, 23, 34, 43, Basement;
d)  "A" Elevator - Rooms 22, 33, 36, Basement
Employee(s) operating a freight elevator and/or riding a freight
elevator and/or working in the vicinity of a freight elevator were
exposed to the hazard of falling into the open shaft and/or amputation
from an ascending or descending elevator cab due to hoistway doors
not being provided.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:
Fully enclose hoistway - landing openings which guard the full
width of the opening and guard to a minimum of 6 ft. above the
landing.
Reference Publication
American National Standard Institute/American Society of
Mechanical Engineers A 17.3-1986 Section 2.6.1(b)
Violation observed on or about 5/4/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

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:
Employees were exposed to the hazard of being caught and/or crushed
between the elevator and shaftway walls or sills.  Gates were not
provided on cars for elevators:
"A" Side 20 house and 30 house;
"D" Side 40 house and 10 and Loading Dock Side;
"E" Side 60 house
and Tower side 50 house, 70 house
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:
Provide car doors or gates at each entrance equipped with a car
door or gate electric contact.
Reference Publication
American National Standard/American Society of Mechanical
Engineers A 17.3-1986 Section 3.4.2
Violation observed on or about 5/4/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

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:
Employees operating a freight elevator and/or riding a freight
elevator and/or working in the vicinity of a freight elevator were
exposed to the hazard of falling into the elevator shaft and/or being
crushed by the elevator cab due to the elevator hoistway doors not
having a functioning interlock system for freight elevators "A", "D",
"E" and Tower.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:
Equip each freight elevator with a hoistway unit system hoistway
door interlock.
Reference publication
American National Standard/American Society of Mechanical
Engineers A 17.3-1986 Section 2.7.1(b)
Violation observed on or about 5/4/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

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:
Employee(s) were exposed to the hazard of being caught and/or crushed
by shaftway wall.  Elevator car "E" was not fully enclosed on all
non-entrance sides.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:
Fully enclose all non-entrance sides of car.  The car enclosure
may be perforated; however, the enclosure in front of and
extending 6 inches on each side of the counterweight runway shall
be unperforated.
Reference Publication
American National Standard Institute/American Society of
Mechanical Engineers A 17.3-1986 Section 3.4.1
Violation observed on or about 5/4/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 3, 1992

Penalty

Initial $8,750 · Current $3,500 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:
Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling or tripping into
elevator machinery and electrical components in machine room "A",
lighting was not provided.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptalbe abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:
Immediately install permanent lighting for machine Room "A" and
access to room.
Reference Publication
American National Standard Institute/America Society of
Mechanical Engineers A 17.3-1986 Section 2.2.3 and
ANSI 17.1 Rule 101.5a
Violation observed on or about 5/4/92

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $12,250 · Current $4,900 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Nov 3, 1992

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $200 Reduced

Issued

Oct 29, 1992

Abate by

Dec 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $400 Reduced