BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS

44 COR 40-7939 [¶22,778] CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY FOR CLEANING, REPAIRING, SERVICING, SETTING-UP, AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS OF PRIME MOVERS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING LOCKOUT/TAGOUT – CLEANING, SERVICING AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3314(c) (2017) – Employer failed to stop, de-energize, and lock out machinery, an almond splitter, during adjusting and unjamming operations. POINTS OF OPERATION AND OTHER HAZARDOUS PARTS OF MACHINERY, SCOPE AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS – ROLLS, IN-RUNNING SIDE OF ROLLS PROTECTED WITH FIXED OR SELF-ADJUSTING BARRIER Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4187(a) (2017) – Employer failed to protect the in-running side of rolls of an almond splitter with a fixed or self-adjusting barrier to prevent fingers from being caught between the rolls, a serious, accident-related violation. Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated October 3, 2017, Inspection No. 1040471 (Turlock, CA).Read More...