Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 008B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i): When servicing and/or maintenance is performed by a crew, craft, department or other group, they shall utilize a procedure which affords the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device. Employees were exposed to machine hazards associated with filling machines, weigh checkers, capper machines, and their associated conveyors when they engaged in sanitation activities of the Parmesan Canning lines. Only the filling machine was isolated from energy and locked out while the downstream canning equipment remained energized. The employer did not ensure that employees implemented energy control application steps or equivalent protective measures prior to allowing them to clean and sanitize the canning equipment which exposed employees to rotating equipment, caught-between hazards, ingoing nip points and struck-by hazards.