OSHA Inspection: BOROUGH OF ORADELL- DPW

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Jun 24, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Aug 26, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Aug 26, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Aug 26, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Aug 26, 2003

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Jun 24, 2003

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Aug 26, 2003

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employmnent 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:
LOC: Garage, Powered Overhead Doors #1-8
Employees were exposed to a hazard of crushing injury/death when entering
/exiting through the overhead
doors
COMMENT: Among methods of abatement would include (as set forth in ANSI
standard A156.8) and the
following: 1). A constant pressure actuation switch. This would always be
operated in sight of the door so that it
could be released and manually reversed if an obstruction was hit.2)
Installation of a reversing edge switch.
This would allow an automatic closing control out of sight of the door,
but would immediately reverse the
direction of the door upon striking an obstruction. A variation to this
option would be the use of photoelectric
cells that would reverse the door when an obstruction was encountered by
the beam OR .3) A three-button
control switch. If the following conditions are also met: a) It is
provided with a permanent placard adjacent to
the switch with the following warning letters at least 1/4 high: WARNING
TO PREVENT ENTRAPMENT
DO NOT START DOOR DOWNWARD UNLESS DOORWAY IS CLEAR b) The control station
and
placard are located within sight of the doorway. c) Automatic closing
controls are not also installed. d) Operator
must remain at the control station and observe the door until the door is
fully
closed.