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

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): Procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A), (c)(4)(ii)(B), (c)(4)(ii)(C) and (c)(4)(ii)(D): a) Dumper Area - On or about March 29, 2017, the employer failed to develop clear and specific procedures to be followed by employees engaged in servicing or maintenance of equipment or machinery. The written Lockout Tagout Program did not provide specific steps to control hazardous energy on the conveyor system used to transfer chickens from the dumper to the live hang area. NOTE: The procedure must contain information which authorized employees must know to safely control hazardous energy. Over generalization can result in a document which has little or no utility to the employee who must follow procedure. However, while the procedure is required to be written in detail, this does not mean that a separate procedure must be written for each and every machine or piece of equipment. Similar machines and/or equipment (those using the same type and magnitude energy) that has the same or similar types of controls can be covered with a single procedure.