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

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative: The employer does not provide his employees with a program entailing written energy control procedures, training, and periodic inspections for conducting lockout/tagout activities when performing services, maintenance, and setup to equipment including but not limited to the foam recycling unit. This violation occurred on or about July 11, 2013 at the facility where authorized and affected personnel were exposed to electrical, struck-by, and caught-in hazards when performing service or maintainance on the foam recycling unit without an established energy control program that isolated the machine from its energy source and rendered it inoperative. Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that specific procedures, training, and periodic inspections have been developed, documented and followed for lockout/ tagout for various machines such as, but not limited to the foam recycling unit.