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

NCGS 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees conditions of 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 the employee(s) were exposed to: a)establishment, receiving area-the employer failed to ensure that all sources of energy including electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, and kinetic energy, were blocked, locked, and tagged out of service on all sides of the dump conveyor system prior to allowing dump operators to enter the walkways adjacent to the live bird receiving conveyors to inspect, unjam cages, or retrieve chickens. NOTE: Feasible and acceptable abatement methods would include: 1) written work procedures which would prohibit the placement of cages when employees are on the conveyor line walkways and training in these procedures; and/or 2)communication between the dump operators and the forklift operators via walkie talkie, strobe lights, or other means; and/or 3)a physical barricade to prevent the placement of cages on the conveyor lines while employees are on the walkways to the conveyor lines. OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE: 29 CFR 1910 147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented, and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section: a)establishment, receiving area-the employer failed to ensure that procedures were developed, documented, and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy prior to dump operators entering the walkways adjacent to the live bird receiving conveyors to inspect, unjam cages or retrieve chickens. OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE: 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees: a)establishment, receiving area-the employer failed to ensure that all sources of energy including electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, and kinetic energy, were blocked, locked, and tagged out of service on all sides of the dump conveyor system prior to allowing dump operators to enter the walkways adjacent to the live bird receiving conveyors to inspect, unjam cages, or retrieve chickens.