20,217 Harbor Sand & Gravel, Inc.

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT - DE-ENERGIZING OR LOCKING OUT DURING CLEANING
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 3314(a) (2002) - An employee preparing to make a repair was cleaning the tail pulley area of a large conveyor using a spray hose to wet it down and an extended torch for drying, a procedure requiring the machinery to be in motion. However, without locking out the machinery, he then proceeded to brush off remaining debris with a wire brush, and his arm was drawn into the pinch point and amputated. Although the action was against company policy, and he knew it, he had supervisor