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

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: a) The energy control program initiated by Freedom Electric was inadequate in that it did not include developed and documented energy control procedures to ensure that equipment was isolated and rendered inoperative preventing the unexpected start up of the equipment. Freedom Electric employee(s) performing work on feed mill equipment such as elevator legs, grinders, and scalpers at Ox Town Cattle Feeders Inc. without benefit of such energy control procedures were exposed to injury. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to develop and document energy control procedures to ensure that equipment is isolated and rendered inoperative preventing unexpected start up of the equipment. IN THE ALTERNATIVE 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure and employee training to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative: a) The energy control program initiated by Freedom Electric was inadequate in that it did not include developed and documented energy control procedures to ensure that equipment was isolated and rendered inoperative preventing the unexpected start up of the equipment. Freedom Electric employee(s) performing work on feed mill equipment such as elevator legs, grinders, and scalpers at Ox Town Cattle Feeders Inc. without benefit of such energy control procedures were exposed to injury. AND 29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i): When outside servicing personnel were engaged in activities in a facility, the onsite employer and the outside employer did not inform each other od their respective lockout or tagout procedures: a) Freedom Electric employee(s) performing work in the feed mill at Ox Town Cattle Feeders Inc. requiring lockout or tagout were exposed to injury in that Freedom Electric had not informed Ox Town Cattle Feeders Inc. and Mid-America Millwright Service, Inc., the millwright contractor, of their lockout/tagout procedures. IN THE ALTERNATIVE 29 CFR 1928.57(a)(6)(iv): The employer did not instruct each employee in the safe operation and start up of equipment with which he/she is or will be involved: (a) The instruction provided to Freedom Electric employee(s) by the employer was inadequate in that employee(s) were not adequately instructed so as to safely perform start up of equipment; Freedom Electric did not make sure everyone was clear of equipment before engaging the power. On or about June 10, 1996, Freedom Electric did not ensure that Mid-America Millwright Service, Inc. employee(s) were clear of the feed mill elevator leg before starting up the equipment; Freedom Electric was aware that Mid- America Millwright Service, Inc. employee(s) were to possibly be working on the elevator leg conveyor belt and pulley.