OSHA Inspection: FLN-MAR RUBBER AND PLASTICS, INC.

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Oct 31, 1996

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $1,250

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 the elevator hoistway or the
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.  The
doors or gates must be electrically interlocked so as to prevent the
elevator car from moving
when the hoistway or the doors/gates are in the open position and must be
so latched that
they cannot be opened from the landing side unless the elevator car is
within the landing.
a). Freight Elevator:  The gates at both elevator landings, first and
second floors, had
sufficiently large openings between their wooden slats which allowed entry
of the worker's
hand to operate controls, or accidental entry of a worker's foot, etc..
In addition the
openings at the top of both gates were very large.  These conditions
created a hazard in that
a worker's leg or arm could get caught between the moving elevator and the
hoistway or gate
structures and be crushed.
b). Freight Elevator:  The gates at both elevator landings, first and
second floors, could be
opened at any point during the elevator's operation.  These conditions
create a hazard in that
a worker could fall down an open shaftway or a worker could be struck by
the moving
elevator and be crushed.

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

May 2, 1996

Penalty

Initial $260 · Current $260

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

May 2, 1996

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $350

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

May 2, 1996

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 7, 1996

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $350

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

May 2, 1996

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $350

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

May 2, 1996

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $350

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 4, 1996

Penalty

Initial $260 · Current $260

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 4, 1996

Penalty

Initial $265 · Current $265

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 4, 1996

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

May 2, 1996

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 4, 1996

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 11, 1996

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 11, 1996

Issued

Apr 1, 1996

Abate by

Apr 11, 1996