Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii):The procedures shall 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, the following: On or about February 20, 2023, the employer failed to ensure the documented and developed energy control procedure for the No. 5 Rotary Reverberatory Furnace clearly and specifically outlined the scope, purpose, rules, and techniques for the intended use of the procedure to be utilized while authorized employees inspected the No. 5 Rotary Reverberatory Furnace [per 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A)] for water leaks. The energy control procedure for the No. 5 Rotary Reverberatory Furnace failed to clearly identify the specific procedural steps to be followed by authorized employees performing the task of inspecting the furnace for water leaks for safe shutdown, isolating, blocking, and securing the electrical, water, and thermal (liquid molten metal bath) energy sources, to prevent the release of water from contacting the liquid molten metal bath (thermal energy) inside the furnace and causing a steam explosion [per 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B)].