OSHA Inspection: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

Issued

Nov 24, 2015

Abate by

Nov 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations including, but not limited to; specifying acceptable entry conditions, isolating the permit space, and verifying that conditions in the permit space are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry:    a) Iroquois Nursing Home, Jamesville NY, First floor, Elevator Car #1, on or about 5-26-15:  An employee was preparing to  perform servicing and maintenance in an elevator pit that was a permit required confined space, but the employer did not have procedures and practices implemented to specify acceptable entry conditions, exposing the employee to a struck by hazard.           b) Iroquois Nursing Home, Jamesville NY, First floor, Elevator Car #1, on or about 5-26-15:  An employee was preparing to perform servicing and maintenance in an elevator pit that was a permit required confined space but the employer did not have procedures and practices implemented to ensure isolation of the permit space, exposing the employee to a struck by hazard.           c) Iroquois Nursing Home, Jamesville NY, First floor, Elevator Car #1, on or about 5-26-15:  An employee was preparing to perform servicing and maintenance in an elevator pit that was a permit required confined space but the employer did not have procedures and practices implemented to ensure that the conditions in the permit space were acceptable for entry throughout the duration of the authorized entry, exposing the employee to a struck by hazard.

Issued

Nov 24, 2015

Abate by

Nov 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:       a) The employer did not train its elevator mechanics whom it knew entered elevator pits that were permit-required confined spaces to perform servicing and maintenance-to have the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary to evaluate and enter permit-required confined spaces.  On 5/26/2015, at Iroquois Nursing Home in Jamesville, New York, an employee was fatally crushed by an elevator while preparing to enter an elevator pit (which was a permit required confined space) to make a repair.  The employee was not trained to follow confined space procedures while working in the elevator pit.

Issued

Nov 24, 2015

Abate by

Nov 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment was not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source:      a) Iroquois Nursing Home, Jamesville NY, First floor, Elevator Car #1, on or about 5-26-15:  An employee was performing servicing and maintenance on an elevator, while underneath the elevator, without locking or tagging it out.