Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks: (a) Wardwell 16-Carrier Braiding Machines 1 through 34 - The spinning head and bobbins on each machine did not have guarding, exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in, and entanglement hazards, on or about February 9, 2022. (b) Wardwell 16-Carrier Braiding Machines - On machines 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 33, and 34, the footage counter gear did not have any guarding, and on machines 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, and 32, the footage counter gear had partial guarding, at the front side of the machine where the gear met the capstan, exposing employees to caught-in and entanglement hazards, on or about April 14, 2022. (c) Wardwell 24-Carrier Braiding Machines - The spinning head and bobbins on each machine did not have guarding, exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in, and entanglement hazards, on or about February 9, 2022. (d) Wardwell 24-Carrier Braiding Machines - The rotating guide wheel at foot level, under the four machines on the raised platform, did not have guarding, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard, on or about February 9, 2022. (e) Wardwell 24-Carrier Braiding Machines - The footage counter gear on each of the three machines located in the center of the group of five Wardwell 24-carrier braiders did not have any guarding, and the footage counter gear on the left-most machine on the raised platform had a band guard, but the band guard did not have flanges extended inward beyond the root of the teeth on the exposed sides of the gear, exposing employees to caught-in and entanglement hazards, on or about February 9, 2022. (f) United States Machinery Planetary Cabler - The three rotating discs, holding the pay-off spools, and the three rotating stranders had partial guarding, consisting of expanded metal from waist to shoulder height on the aisleway side of the discs and extending about half the length of the strander barrels, exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in, and entanglement hazards in the unguarded areas, on or about February 9, 2022. (g) United States Machinery Planetary Cabler - The rotating taper did not have guarding over the side where the cable exits, exposing employees to caught-in and entanglement hazards, on or about February 9, 2022. Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.