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29 CFR 1910.272(m)(4): The employer did not implement procedures in the grain handling facility for the use of tags and locks which would prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted, which could result in employee injury: (a) Throughout the mill- On or about February 7, 2016 and times prior, employees were exposed to amputation and electric shock hazards because the company did not develop or use written machine specific lockout/tagout procedures while working on machinery such as but not limited to augers, pellet mills and hammer mills. The program did not include machine specific procedures such as: 1) A specific statement of the intended use of the procedure; 2) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy; 3) Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; 4) Specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.