OSHA Inspection: EKLEBERRY INC., DIV. OF LAND O FROST

Issued

Jun 11, 1986

Abate by

Aug 18, 1986

Penalty

Initial $240 · Current $240

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
to serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:
The hazard of having parts of their bodies in danger zones when parts
were activated or electrically energized.  Personnel were permitted to
perform maintenance, repair and cleanup on the Giblet Chiller, Gizzard
Machine and other machines througout the plant without first employing
a positive means of looking out and de-energizing the equipment.
Abatement of the hazard can be accomplished by the establishment of
management controls over the work being performed.  Instructions of
workers in the recognition of hazards, safe shut down of machines,
blocking, stopping and reducing machines to Zero Mechanical Energy State
(ZMS), and documentation of maintenance performed.
Specific elements of the abatement program shall be expected to include,
but not necessarily to:
1) Secure and maintain current operations and maintenance manuals on all
machines to be serviced. Assure provision of appropriate manuals and/
or information contained to affected workers before work is begun.
2) Analyze all machines and determine the electrical, mechanical nip
point hazards which are present.  Establish and document the
procedures which will be used in performing maintenance of machines.
3) Establish and use a documented work order system for machine
maintenance and repairs. Document repairs made, both preventive and
breakage, and use the information to improve preventive maintenance,
reduce costs, increase on-line time, and reduce worker injuries.
4) At the start of work day to be performed, switch off and use a
worker individual look on the electrical control switch to prevent
re-energizing the machine.  After switch-off, assure that the
electric circuits are proven de-energized, a unique and situation
information tag shall be attached to the lock and machine energizing
control.  This lock shall not be required where the worker, by his
immediate proximity to the electrical control switch (within reach),
prevents inadvertant switch-on by others.
5) All other fluid energy power sources which can produce movements of
machine members shall be locked off.  Pressurized fluids (air or
liquid) shall be closed off from the machine through the use of
shut-off valves, and the supply lines toward the machine reduced in
pressure to atmospheric or the machine blocked against possible
movement.  All pressure fluid accumulators and air surge tanks
within the machine shall be reduced to atmospheric pressure or the
machine blocked against possible movement.
6) All mechanical gravity fall potential energy within the machine
shall be reduced to zero, or as nearly so as possible, by lowering
elevated machine parts to the floor, solid surfaces or by cribbing
and blocking them to prevent the machine parts from falling.
7) All mechanical kinetic rotating machine energy within the machine
shall be reduced to zero, or as nearly so as possible, by slowing
the rotating parts to a stop.  In the alternative, the worker shall
be guarded from the rotating parts by installing temporary guards.
Loose machine parts including machine parts, arms, knives, etc.
shall be blocked or secured to prevent possible injury to workers.
8) Necessary work on the machine shall be performed. Upon completion,
all guards, tie offs, valves, cribbing and blockages shall be removed
from the machine in a manner to prevent workers injuries. The machine
shall be re-energized and run experimentally. The fully functional
machine shall be formally returned to service, and the operations
manager shall countersign the safety machine outtag and work order.
9) The employer shall formally document his safe machine maintenance
program.  He shall develop a training program to instruct affected
maintenance and operations workers and management.
10) The employer shall train his workers in the safe machine maintain
program. The training shall be repeated as frequently as is necessary
to maintain management and worker proficiency and compliance with the
procedures.

Issued

Jun 11, 1986

Abate by

Jun 14, 1986

Penalty

Initial $60 · Current $60

Issued

Jun 11, 1986

Abate by

Jun 14, 1986