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

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, including, but not limited to items of this section: (a) Weaber, Inc., 1231 Mount Wilson Road, Lebanon, Pennsylvania - Employees performed servicing and maintenance activities, including, but not limited to, clearing stuck slabs on head rig outfeed conveyor rollcase #1 and cleaning under and fixing chains on the lumber chain conveyors at the south stacker. The lockout/tagout program and procedures lacked the specificity needed to enable employees to safely and effectively control hazardous energy when performing the servicing and maintenance activities on the machinery and equipment, exposing employees to hazards such as electrical, caught in, and struck by, on or about January 23, 2024, as follows: ? Neither the general lockout/tagout program nor the machine-specific procedure for head rig outfeed conveyor rollcase #1 said that lockout/tagout applied to clearing stuck slabs. ? Machine-specific procedures, including for head rig outfeed conveyor rollcase #1 and for the various south stacker machines, did not give the specific types and locations of machine operating controls. The machine-specific procedures all had the same generic statements regarding operating controls, which said to "depress the stop button, open the toggle switch, etc." ? The machine-specific procedure for south stacker unscrambler and pop-ups (lockout procedure KL-ST-03) identified electric and pneumatic energy sources. Above and below a photo of piping and a valve, this procedure gave the pneumatic energy source isolation point as Air Valve AV_KL-1, but in sequential step 4(b), gave the pneumatic energy source as Air Valve AV_ST-1. In addition, this machine-specific procedure did not include specific instructions on how to dissipate the pneumatic energy. ? Machine-specific procedures for different south stacker machines showed the same photo, which depicted piping with a valve, for pneumatic and hydraulic energy sources. Unscrambler and Pop-ups lockout procedure KL-ST-03 identified the photo as Air Valve AV_KL-1, and Stacker Carriage lockout procedure KL-ST-06 identified the photo as Main Stacker hydraulic pump. ? Machine-specific procedures for different south stacker machines showed the same photo, which depicted an electrical disconnect, for electric and pneumatic energy sources. Stacker Carriage lockout procedure KL-ST-06 identified the photo as the electrical disconnect located at the drive, and Lug Loader lockout procedure KL-ST-10 identified the photo as Air Valve AV-ST-02. ? The general lockout/tagout program said that if lockout/tagout involved more than one employee that each employee must apply a lock to each energy isolating device or to a hasp applied to each energy isolating device while machine-specific procedures specified using a lockout box. Weaber, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1556880, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on March 8, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 11117 Skyline Drive, Titusville, PA 16354. Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.