Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control: The employer does not protect employees from hazards associated with the pneumatic discharge gate of the mixer in the Batch Plant's Mixer Room during servicing and maintenance activities performed beneath the mixer (in the mixer's discharge chute) by providing authorized employee training covering the mixer's pneumatic energy source which powers the mixer's discharge gate. a. On or about June 6, 2020, the employer had not ensured that each batch operator performing servicing and maintenance activities inside of the Batch Plant mixer's discharge chute was trained at the level of an authorized employee in the recognition of, the type and magnitude of, and the methods and means necessary to control the hazardous energy posed by the mixer's pneumatically powered discharge gate, thereby exposing the employees to caught-in and struck-by hazards.