Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: LOCKOUT

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 employees were exposed to the hazard of being seriously injured by the moving parts of machinery during operation, and/or manually cleaning tasks due to the lack of an adequate lockout procedures: a) Second floor sauce processing area, rotating parts of the thermascrew paddles/blades on or about 10/13/88. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to establish and enforce an adequate plant lockout procedure such as stipulated by ANSI Z244.1-1982, Section 4 & 5 American Standard of minimum safety requirements for lock/tagout of energy sources for personal protection. 1) Open and lockout the main power disconnect for the machinery being serviced or worked on. 2) Provide each potentially exposed employee working in the area with separate lock and key to be placed on the lockout means. 3) Establish a written lockout policy, including procedures to be followed and training for all affected employees, both maintenance and operational crews to include cleaning employees. 4) Periodically evaluate the program and strictly enforce all of its provisions.