Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer shall develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry, operations, including, but not limited to, Isolating the permit space: The employer does not protect employees from hazards associated with the mixer in the Batch Plant's Mixer Room (a permit-required confined space) by developing and implementing the means, procedures, and practices necessary to isolate the permit space from multiple hazards. a. On or about June 5, 2020, the employer had not developed and implemented the means, procedures, and practices necessary for isolating the mixer in the Batch Plant (a permit-required confined space) from multiple hazards prior to allowing a batch operator to fully enter the mixer to perform cleaning activities with an air chisel, thereby exposing the employee to engulfment hazards related to the mixer's concrete ingredients, mechanical hazards related to the mixer's pneumatically powered discharge gate, and mechanical hazards related to the mixer's electrically powered blade/shaft system.