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

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, 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. A) On or about June 1, 2020, the employer did not have an adequate energy control program that included energy control procedures, employees training as affected, authorized and other employees, nor did the program address periodic inspections. Examples of the lack of an adequate energy control programs are such as but not limited to: a) On or about June 1, 2020, maintenance technicians and the operators were working on the infeeds, air cylinders, replacing blades, cleaning, greasing, and/or clearing jams to the Kentwood Moulder M609HS, the Holtec Stihl ES121 Vertical Saw, RMH99A Dado Machine (RMH Notcher), and the Super RoboChop Saw. Energy control procedures did not address the purpose of the energy control procedure, all energy sources such as but not limited to electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical energy, and stored energy, and not all procedures in use were documented. No verification procedures were provided for the energy control procedures. b) On or about June 1, 2020, maintenance technicians and the operator were working on the infeeds, air cylinders, replacing blades, cleaning, greasing, and clearing jams on machines such as but not limited to the Kentwood Moulder M609HS without isolating the energy sources. These employees had not isolated electrical energy by locking out the 480 volt 3 phase safety switch and had not isolated the pneumatic energy source on the Moulder. c) On or about June 1, 2020, maintenance technicians and the operator, who were working on the infeeds, air cylinders, replacing blades, cleaning, greasing, and clearing jams on machines such as but not limited to the Kentwood Moulder M609HS, were not provided training on the proper procedures for performing hazardous energy control. These employees had not isolated electrical energy by locking out the 480 volt 3 phase safety switch and had not isolated the pneumatic energy source. d) On or about June 1, 2020, the employer had not conducted periodic inspections of hazardous energy control procedures on machines such as but not limited to the Kentwood Moulder M609HS, the Holtec Stihl ES121 Vertical Saw, RMH99A Dado Machine (RMH Notcher), and the Super RoboChop Saw by having an authorized employee perform the lockout procedure on a machine.