Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: LOCKOUT

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) Potential cutting and crushing injuries resulting from inadvertent operation of machinery. The machinery includes, but is not limited o to, core presses, molding machines, and grinders. One feasible and aceptable means of abatement to reduce the equipment to a zero state of energy while working on them. This may be accomplished by: 1) Establish written procedures for performing maintenance on shop equipment; 2) Developing lockout/tagout procedures including electrical and pneumatic power isolation; and 3) Training all personnel as to proper lockout/tagout procedures.