OSHA Inspection: FACILITY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Issued

Dec 1, 2023

Abate by

Apr 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,063 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed 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:  In the facility at 45 Veterans Dr, Gardner: On and before October 2, 2023, the employer had not established an energy control program to protect employees and outside contractors who performed maintenance and servicing activities on building machinery and company Zamboni Ice Resurfacers.   *Abatement Notes:   Energy control procedures are required to be: - Documented for all multiple-energy source machines including Zamboni Ice Resurfacers. - Followed by employees including any procedures from Zamboni manufacturers. Energy Control training is to be documented and is required for all employees who are, or may be, in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized. A periodic inspection shall include the following elements:  -  Appointment of an authorized employee to inspect each local procedure for inaccuracies during an energy control task -  Authorized employee to inspect a representative sampling of technicians utilizing Zamboni manufacturer's procedures -  A review by inspector with each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under each energy control procedure they are authorized to use -  Certification that the periodic inspections have been performed by identifying the machines or equipment on which the energy control procedures were being utilized, the dates of the inspections, the employees included in the inspections, and the persons performing the inspection *Abatement notes are intended only to provide clarity regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.  Abatement notes do not create (or diminish) legal obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.