Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 006 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. On or about March 12, 2021 and at times prior, at a pick hut of the metal sorting line, an unguarded projecting shaft end of a conveyor roller drum had an unused key way and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft. Employees were exposed to caught-by hazards from the rotating shaft. b. On or about March 12, 2021 and at times prior, at a conveyor end of the ferrous metal sorting line, a conveyor end where the metal laced conveyor belt traveled over the rotating conveyor paddle roller, was not guarded. Employees were exposed to caught-by hazards where the laced metal conveyor belt traveled over the rotating paddle roller of the conveyor. c. On or about March 12, 2021 and at times prior, at a conveyor end of the trash metal sorting line, a conveyor end where the metal laced conveyor belt traveled over the rotating conveyor roller, was not guarded. Employees were exposed to caught-by hazards where the laced metal conveyor belt traveled over the rotating end roller of the conveyor. d. On or about March 12, 2021 and at times prior, at the trash area of the metal sorting line, a conveyor end where the metal laced conveyor belt traveled over the rotating conveyor paddle roller, was not guarded. Employees were exposed to caught-by hazards where the laced metal conveyor belt traveled over the rotating paddle roller of the conveyor. e. On or about March 11, 2021 and at times prior, at the trash area of the metal sorting line, the top roller area of an inclined trash conveyor was not guarded. Employees were exposed to an in-going nip point and caught-by hazards where the laced metal conveyor belt traveled over the rotating roller drum of the conveyor.