OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN TISSUE MILLS OF GREENWICH, LLC

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · 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 decapitation/amputation by being struck by a moving
elevator car due to a lack
of adequate hoistway doors; and/or exposed to amputation/crushing by being
caught in the shear
point between the elevator car and the hoistway due to a lack of elevator
car gates; and/or falling
down an elevator shaft due to a lack of electrical interlocks on the
hoistway doors to prevent
them from being opened when the elevator car is not in the landing zone;
and/or lack of see
through panels through which one can tell whether or not the elevator is
in the landing zone;
and/or amputation/crushing due to a lack of parking devices to ensure the
elevator cars will stop
only at floor level; and/or inability to get help if needed in an
emergency due to lack of an
emergency signaling device; and/or the increased potential of injury due
to
an elevator having
only one available light, should that light go out or break; and/or
riding/using unsafe elevators
that had not been approved for operation due to not being subjected to
inspections a minimum
of every six months:
a)Maintenance Elevator - Cohoes Iron Works elevator used to carry
employees and
equipment:
- Elevator car was not equipped with interlocked car gates in accordance
with
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard A17.3, paragraph
3.4.2.
- Hoistway doors on first and second floors were not equipped with
hoistway door
unlocking devices/hoistway access switches (interlocks) to prevent the
opening of
the doors when the elevator car is not in the landing zone, in accordance
with
ANSI Standard A17.3, paragraph 2.7.3.
- Hoistway doors did not have vision panels not less than 25 square inches
and
not more than 80 square inches, in accordance with ANSI Standard A17.3,
paragraph 2.6.3.
- Elevator was not equipped with a parking device to prevent the doors from
opening unless the elevator is in line with the landing zone, in
accordance with
ANSI Standard A17.3, paragraph 2.7.2.
- Elevator was not equipped with an emergency signaling device (alarm) in
accordance with ANSI Standard A17.3, paragraph 3.11.1.
- Elevator was not equipped with a minimum of two lamps in accordance with
ANSI A17.3, paragraph 3.4.5.
- Elevator had never been inspected, as required, a minimum of every six
months
in accordance with ANSI Standard A17.1, Section 1001.1
b)  Machine Room #3 - Craig Ridgway elevator used for lifting freight only:
- First floor front and rear hoistway doors, which were 48 3/4" high, did
not
meet the minimum 6' requirement in accordance with ANSI Standard A17.3,
paragraph 2.6.1(b).
- Second floor hoistway door which was 48 3/4" high did not meet the
minimum
6' height requirement in accordance with ANSI Standard A17.3, paragraph
2.6.1(b).
- Hoistway doors were not equipped with hoistway door unlocking
devices/hoistway access switches (interlocks) to prevent the opening of
the  doors
when the elevator car is not in the landing zone, in accordance with ANSI
Standard A17.3, paragraph 2.6.3.
- Elevator had never been inspected, as required, a minimum of every six
months
in accordance with ANSI Standard A17.1, Section 1001.1.
c.  Old Converting Plant - Otis elevator used for lifting freight only:
- Hoistway doors did not have vision panels not less than 25 square inches
and
not more than 80 square inches in accordance with ANSI Standard 2.6.3.
- Elevator had never been inspected, as required, a minimum of every six
months
in accordance with ANSI Standard A17.1, Section 1001.1.
One feasible method of abatement is to install adequate hoistway doors,
install
elevator car gates, install hoistway door and elevator gate unlocking
devices/access switches, install vision panels, install parking devices,
install an
emergency signaling system, install a second lamp, and have elevators
inspected
a minimum of every six months.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Aug 31, 2001

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Aug 31, 2001

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

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

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

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

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Aug 31, 2001

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,250 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $25,000 · Current $12,500 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Penalty

Initial $25,000 · Current $12,500 Reduced

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000

Issued

May 16, 2000

Abate by

Jun 18, 2000