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Photo shows two platforms on either side of a vertical bucket conveyor.  Access is provided by a ladder between the platforms that stops at the level of the platform.  The maintenance person that greases the bearings on the conveyor climbs up the ladder then crawls to one platform.  The employee then either steps to the other platform or climbs back down to the ladder and then over to the other platform. Photo ID: 1446
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Category:

Falls

Hazard:

fall

Standard Violated:

1910.23(a)(2) 1910.23(c)(1) 1910.27(c)(6) 1910.27(d)(3)

Corrective Action:

Continue the platforms on the front of the verticle bucket conveyor with full guardrails, and extend the ladder above the level of the platform.

Description:

Photo shows two platforms on either side of a vertical bucket conveyor. Access is provided by a ladder between the platforms that stops at the level of the platform. The maintenance person that greases the bearings on the conveyor climbs up the ladder then crawls to one platform. The employee then either steps to the other platform or climbs back down to the ladder and then over to the other platform.