OSHA Inspection: AG-PRO OHIO LLC

Issued

May 17, 2021

Abate by

Jul 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,753 · Current $9,753

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.   a) On or about March 8, 2021, the employer had not established a lockout tagout program with lockout procedures, training, and inspections for equipment such as but not limited to the 448 John Deere Backhoe tractor attachment.

Issued

May 17, 2021

Abate by

Jul 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,753 · Current $9,753

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware shall be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.   a) On or about March 8, 2021, the employer did not provide adequate lockout devices in order to lockout equipment such as but not limited to the 448 John Deere Backhoe tractor attachment in that no lockout devices had been supplied to lockout this equipment.

Issued

May 17, 2021

Abate by

Jul 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,753 · Current $9,753

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence: (d)(1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy. (d)(2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage. (d)(3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).   a) On or about March 8, 2021, the lockout tagout procedures were not performed by preparing for shutdown, shutting down the equipment, and isolating the energy sources for equipment such as but not limited to the 448 John Deere Backhoe tractor attachment.