Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005B Hazard:

1910.212(a)(3)(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle: a. On or about August 19, 2024, the employer did not protect employees from caught-in hazards by providing authorized employee training on #7 Calender. Calender Operator #1, who performed servicing and maintenance covered activities, such as startup/threading and frosting of calender rollers, was not trained on the recognition of all the hazardous energy sources, and their magnitudes, present in #7 Calender, as well as the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control. b. On or about September 3, 2024, the employer did not protect employees from caught-in and caught-between hazards by providing authorized employee training on #7 Printer. Printer Operator #2, who performed service and maintenance activities, such as, cleaning of rollers and unjamming of material from equipment was not trained on the recognition of all the hazardous energy sources, and their magnitudes, methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control, and the tasks that required the control of hazardous energy. c. On or about August 19, 2024, the employer did not protect employees from caught-in hazards by providing authorized employee training on #7 Calender. Calender Operator #2, who performed servicing and maintenance covered activities, such as startup/threading and frosting of calender rollers, was not trained on the recognition of all the hazardous energy sources, and their magnitudes, present in #7 Calender, as well as the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control. d. On or about September 3, 2024, the employer did not protect employees from caught-in and caught-between hazards by providing authorized employee training on #7 Printer. Printer Operator #1, who performed service and maintenance activities, such as, cleaning of rollers and unjamming of material from equipment was not trained on the recognition of all the hazardous energy sources, and their magnitudes, methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control, and the tasks that required the control of hazardous energy.