Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 015 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(4): The employer shall implement procedures for the use of tags and locks which will prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted, which could result in employee injury. Such locks and tags shall be removed in accordance with established procedures only by the employee installing them or, if unavailable, by his or her supervisor: On or about November 6, 2023, Employees performing grain handling operations such as housekeeping and/or maintenance activities at Rail Modal Group LLC located at 549 East County Road T, Fremont, Nebraska were exposed to caught between and electrical hazards in that the employer failed to implement the principles of Lockout and/or Tag Out where employees are making repairs and cleaning equipment with hazardous stored/residual energy sources. Instances of failure to implement include but are not limited to: i. Multiple employees working on replacing buckets on the bucket conveyor with only one lock applied to the isolation device failing to meet the requirements of group LOTO. ii. Multiple employees working on unjamming/unclogging west boot pit without having established procedures on the application and removal of locks and/or tags by the employees installing them.