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

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section. Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance. a. On or about May 31, 2023 and at times prior, the employer did not develop a machine specific energy control procedure for employees to utilize when performing service and maintenance covered activities on the small Haas CNC machine such as, but not limited to, cleaning the machine, retrieving broken tooling and initial set up activities. b. On or about May 31, 2023 and at times prior, the employer did not develop a machine specific energy control procedure for employees to utilize when performing service and maintenance covered activities on the Haas VS-3 CNC machine such as, but not limited to, cleaning the machine, retrieving broken tooling and initial set up activities. c. On or about May 31, 2023 and at times prior, the employer did not develop a machine specific energy control procedure for employees to utilize when performing service and maintenance covered activities on the Vision Wide Tech Co. F-4000 CNC machine such as, but not limited to, cleaning the machine, retrieving broken tooling and initial set up activities. d. On or about May 31, 2023 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that documented energy control procedures were utilized by employees performing service and maintenance covered activities on mechanical power press equipment such as, but not limited to, die adjustments, die changes, scrap removal and equipment inspections. This most recently occurred on May 31, 2023, on the Danly 1000 Ton Press, Press #4, while an employee performed die adjustments without the utilizing the documented procedure.