OSHA Inspection: EASTERN ELEVATOR COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Jul 30, 2016

Abate by

Aug 11, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 hazards associated with improperly secured equipment in an elevator shaft such as fall and struck-by hazards.       a) Elevator shaft:       The employer did not properly support a car sling in an elevator shaft. An employee was seriously injured when he and the car sling he was standing on and working from free fell from the first floor to the elevator pit. As the car sling fell it struck a "magnetic gearless machine" that was being hoisted in the shaftway. The impact caused the rigging to break and the machine subsequently fell and struck the employee resulting in a serious injury. On or about 02/16/16.    Abatement Note: among other methods one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to:    1) Follow Elevator Industry Field Employee's Safety Handbook, page 78, section 11 "Moving Work Platforms", under "11.1 Running Platforms", part (b) which states: "Before hoisting or roping of a platform, the governor shall be installed and roped to the safety releasing arm and tested to ensure that the safety is operational."       2) Follow Elevator Industry Field Employee's Safety Handbook, page 93, section 12 "Material Handling", under "12.3 Hoisting and Rigging", part (af) which states: "Never attempt to make a lift or move equipment when anyone is in a position to be injured should the load shift or fall."