OSHA Inspection: THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR

Issued

Jul 13, 2005

Abate by

Aug 15, 2005

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

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 the
employees were exposed to being crushed by moving elevator and or elevator
parts.
a)Elevator at 44 West 46th Street.
Employees worked in the elevator shaft and the elevator was not guarded
against
inadvertent start-up by use of the corporate lock out tag out program, on
or
about 6/6/05.
ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD, AMONG OTHERS, TO
CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS: to follow the employer`s Lockout/Tagout Program in
the
employer`s Safety and Accident Prevention Program, Section 14, Page 1,
where it states that
"Employees will not perform any work on equipment where there is a
potential to come in
contact with energized mechanical or electrical hazards until all sources
of energy have been de-
energized, grounded, or guarded to protect the employees". "Each employee
working on the
equipment shall have a personal lock on the lockout device".
NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION
AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19NCE