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

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii): All mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment which presents a danger to employees inside grain storage structures shall be deenergized and shall be disconnected, locked-out and tagged, blocked-off, or otherwise prevented from operating by other equally effective means or methods: The employer does not ensure that mechanical equipment, such as the bottom discharge augers' of bins and silos with sloped bottoms, are deenergized and prevented from operating during employee entry when such operations pose a hazard from potential grain movement. (a) On or about December 8, 2020, the bottom discharge auger for Silo 19 was running while RCPF employees were inside the silo and standing in a location capable of resulting in engulfment in the event of grain movement. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that bottom discharge augers of bins and silos are deenergized and prevented from operating during employee entry into bins and silos when movement of the grain may pose a hazard to entrants.