Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003A 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: Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy; Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and Specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures. a) On or about July 7, 2020, the employer had not used a hazardous energy control procedure with all of the required elements in that equipment such as but not limited to the Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Boring Mill Model H70FX SN#465-11 was being repaired by employees that did not contain the steps to perform the hazardous energy control, the steps to verify the control of hazardous energy, and the steps to restore energy to the machine. b) On or about August 18, 2020, the employer had not used a hazardous energy control procedure with all of the required elements in that equipment such as but not limited to the Toshiba TUE-200 Vertical Lathe SN 440588 requires manual tool changes be performed by the operator.