Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002C Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(i)(a): Safeguarding the point of operation - Point of operation guards. Every point of operation guard shall meet the following design, construction, application, and adjustment requirements: (a) It shall prevent entry of hands or fingers into the point of operation by reaching through, over, under or around the guard; a) On July 3, 2024, the employer did not guard the feeder section on the Minster 400 ton part revolution press, the feeder's was not guarded in that operators were able to reach through to the point of operation for the Minster using manual mode and a pendant with one hand while reaching through the Minster's point of operation to the feeder with the other hand creating a caught in hazard caused by the material from the feeder. b) On July 9, 2024, the employer did not adequately utilize "point of operation guards" on the Stamtec G2-250 part revolution press's point of operation was not adequately guarded on the rear of the press in that the light curtains were positioned approximately 43" deep and had approximately 99" wide of undetected space. to where employees can stand near the point of operation and not be detected b) On July 9, 2024, the employer did not adequately utilize "point of operation guards" on the Stamtec GTX-300 part revolution press's point of operation was not adequately guarded on the rear of the press in that the light curtains were positioned approximately 21" deep and had approximately 48" high of undetected space where employees can stand near the point of operation and not be detected.