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

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence: On or about December 20, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; employees were exposed to machine hazards associated with moving parts when they engaged in sanitation procedures: b) The employer did not ensure that employees implemented energy control application steps or equipment protective measures prior to allowing them to clean and sanitize the Line 4 Scale Infeed Conveyor that fed the Line 4 scales above the RapidPak machine. Sanitation employees used water hoses and their hands to wash the energized and operating conveyor belt in the areas immediately adjacent to the tail pulley's ingoing nip point and the head pulley's ingoing nip point. The machine was not deenergized prior to the employees engaging in the servicing and maintenance activities. c) The employer did not ensure that employees implemented verification of isolation and deenergization prior to allowing them to clean and sanitize the Line 4 Z-belts machine. A Sanitation employee isolated and locked out the Z-belt machine; however, the employee did not attempt to start the machine after applying his lock and before conducting sanitation work. The machine was not verified to be isolated and deenergized prior to employees engaging in the servicing and maintenance activities. As a result, the applicable energy control elements, involving preparation for shutdown [1910.147(d)(1)], machine shutdown [1910.147(d)(2)], machine isolation [1910.147(d)(3)], lockout/tagout device application [1910.147(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [1910(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [1910.147(d)(6)] were not implemented to protect employees from machine hazards.