OSHA Inspection: CONVERSION SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED

Issued

Jun 5, 1991

Abate by

Jul 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 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 caught in or between gondola type
railroad cars, or being run over by these cars by unforseen movement
caused by cable car pullers.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method
to correct this hazard is to install two complete audible alarm
systems with a colored rotating light; one for each cable car puller
system, which can be differentiated by sound, and color of a flashing,
rotating light.

Issued

Jun 5, 1991

Abate by

Jun 8, 1991

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $800 Reduced

Issued

Jun 5, 1991

Abate by

Jun 8, 1991

Penalty

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

Issued

Jun 5, 1991

Abate by

Jul 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $800 Reduced

Issued

Jun 5, 1991

Abate by

Jul 5, 1991

Issued

Jun 5, 1991

Abate by

Aug 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $17,500 · Current $8,000 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 falling when accessing the crane bridge
during normal maintenance operations, and during times of crane
failure to perform emergency repairs at various points on the crane
runway.  During normal maintenance operations, employees access the
crane bridge through a trap door by climbing a seven foot step ladder
to the trap door which is approximately eight feet above the stairwell
platform.  During unscheduled or emergency access to the crane bridge,
employees climb the building structure from a stairway platform to
the bridge runway rails, and then climb over the bridge guard rails
to gain access to the bridge walkway.
During scheduled maintenance employees are exposed to a fall of
approximately eight feet,  while during unscheduled maintenance or
repair employees are exposed to a fall of up to seventy three feet.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to correct this
hazard are to:
1. Access the bridge walkway through the trap door, gaining
access by the use of a properly positioned portable or fixed
ladder/stairway meeting the requirements of Subpart X of 29
CFR 1910.
2. Access the bridge walkway by means of a hydraulic lift or
articulating boom platform meeting the requirements of Subpart
F of 29 CFR 1910.  Access between lift and bridge runway shall
be performed in such a manner that the employee(s) are not
exposed to a fall hazard.