Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 012 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: The employer is failing to protect employees from caught-in and amputation hazards associated with inadequate guarding while employees were accessing the lime hopper and while cleaning under the horizontal conveyor system while it was in operation. Employees in the Burn Room area were exposed to serious caught in and amputation injuries from the horizontal conveyor belt system on the Rocket launcher in that the machine did not have a guard that fully enclosed the moving parts on all exposed sides. This was most recently documented on September 5, 2019 at a worksite located at 1010 Century Ave, Branson, Missouri a. Employer requires employees to lock out disconnects in the back of the Rocket Launcher for the three hoppers, lime coke and sawdust. The disconnects for the hoppers are located next to an unguarded horizontal belt which had both runs 42 inches or less from the floor level and were not fully enclosed. b. Employees are required to clean the floors under and around the Rocket Launcher, a 3 hopper fabricated machine that powers an unguarded conveyor belt exposing a horizontal belt and which had both runs 42 inches or less from the floor level and were not fully enclosed.