Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 014 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.213(r)(4): The mention of specific machines in paragraphs (a) thru (q) and this paragraph (r) of this section, inclusive, is not intended to exclude other woodworking machines from the requirement that suitable guards and exhaust hoods be provided to reduce to a minimum the hazard due to the point of operation of such machines. At an establishment located at 5215 Mill Road in Laona, Wisconsin; (a) On or about September 5, 2023, in Plant A, the Mellott hydraulic shear had openings on the side exposing employees to caught in between hazards as the blade automatically activated to chop scrap wood into smaller pieces. (b) On or about September 5, 2023, in Plant A, the Crosscut Solutions, LLC Model: 14M-RH, S/N: 040603, upcut saw did not have adequate guarding to prevent employees from accessing the cutting blade on the infeed and outfeed side exposing them to the point of operation hazard. (c) On or about September 13, 2023, in Plant A, the Precision Products Company, Model: 14M, Serial 14-1429, upcut saw did not have adequate guarding to prevent employees from accessing the cutting blade on the infeed and outfeed side exposing them to the point of operation hazard. (d) On or about September 13, 2023, in Plant A, the Crosscut Solutions, LLC, Model: 14m_RH, S/N: 040602, upcut saw did not have adequate guarding to prevent employees from accessing the cutting blade on the infeed and outfeed side exposing them to the point of operation hazard. (e) On or about September 12, in Plant B, the Precision Products Company, Model: 14M, Serial 111245, upcut saw did not have adequate guarding to prevent employees from accessing the cutting blade on the infeed and outfeed side exposing them to the point of operation hazard. (f) During the week of September 4, 2023, in Plant B, an employee would stack boards to be cut in the Herringbone which did not have guarding for multiple blades exposing employees to rotating blades.