OSHA Inspection: W&H PROPERTIES

Issued

Feb 8, 2007

Abate by

Feb 16, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not
furnish to each of his employees 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 fall hazard and to the
hazard of being caught
/ struck by a moving elevator:
Location: 1359 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
On or about 10/18/06.
a)The elevator gate interlock on Freight Car #3 was jammed with a piece of
cardboard
causing it to be inoperable. The car was being run with the gate open,
exposing
employees to the hazard of being caught between the moving elevator and the
hoistway walls.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS:
a)(Jammed Interlocks) Maintain the elevators to ensure gates, doors, and
interlock
switches work correctly, to comply with ANSI A17.3 paragraph 3.4.2 which
requires
operable elevator gates and interlocks. Monitor and inspect the elevators
to ensure
interlocks are not tampered with. Provide re-training to employees to
familiarize them
with this hazard so they can report this condition when it is observed.
Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this
item in accordance
with 29  CFR 1903.19.