48 COR 40-8415 [¶23,110]
SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES – CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY FOR CLEANING, REPAIRING, SERVICING, SETTING-UP, AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS OF PRIME MOVERS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING LOCKOUT/TAGOUT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3314(d) (2021) – Employer failed to ensure a cutting machine was de-energized to prevent inadvertent movement during set-up operations, a serious violation. 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) (2021) – Employer failed to guard the in-running rolls of a cutting machine to prevent fingers from being caught between the rolls as material was being fed into them, a serious violation.Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated March 26, 2021, Inspection No. 1306170 (Oakland, CA).
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