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

29 CFR 1910.147(d):The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) did not cover the actions listed in and was not done in sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6). a. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring employees were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to performing work such as but not limited to core box prep and core box maintenance activities on the #2 core machine located in the Core Department. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. b. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring employees were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to performing work such as but not limited to core box prep and core box maintenance activities on the #3143 core machine located in the Core Department. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. c. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring operators were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to working on the Tilt Pour Turntable #2 located in the foundry area. Employees perform mold prep activities, maintenance on the equipment, and unjam stuck parts from the upper die at the robot catching station. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. d. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring operators were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to working on the Tilt Pour Turntable #1B located in the foundry area. Employees perform mold prep activities, maintenance on the equipment, and unjam stuck parts from the upper die at the robot catching station. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. e. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring operators were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to working on the Tilt Pour Turntable #4A located in the foundry area. Employees perform mold prep activities, maintenance on the equipment, and unjam stuck parts from the upper die at the robot catching station. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. f. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring operators were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to working on the Tilt Pour Turntable #5 located in the foundry area. Employees perform mold prep activities, maintenance on the equipment, and unjam stuck parts from the upper die at the robot catching station. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. g. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards by ensuring operators were provided procedures adequately listing the actions necessary to de-energize equipment prior to working on the Tilt Pour Turntable #6 located in the foundry area. Employees perform mold prep activities, maintenance on the equipment, and unjam stuck parts from the upper die at the robot catching station. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving machine isolation [1910.147(d)(3)], lock-out/tag-out device application [1910.147(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [1910.147(d)(5)], and verification of isolation [1910.147(d)(6)] are not implemented to protect employees from struck-by and caught-in-between hazards while employees are conducting activities such as, but not limited to, performing servicing and maintenance work on the tilt pour devices, unjamming castings from the top molds of the tilt pour devices using a hammer, removing aluminum flashing from the mold halves on the tilt pour devices, performing servicing on the sand blow head and vents of the core boxes, and applying clay to the interior surfaces of the core boxes.