{"id":8687,"date":"2013-02-19T17:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T22:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2021-07-07T00:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T00:56:42","slug":"failure-lockouttagout-worker-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/failure-lockouttagout-worker-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure To Utilize Lockout\/Tagout Results In Temp Worker Being Crushed To Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ \/\/ Popup window code function newPopup(url) { popupWindow = window.open( url,'popUpWindow','height=500,width=800,left=10,top=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes') } \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"infographic\">\n<p>&#8220;A worker\u2019s first day at work shouldn\u2019t be his last day on earth,\u201d said OSHA administrator David Michaels about a 21-year-old temporary worker who was crushed to death his first day on the job.\u00a0<em>(Updated Feb. 14 with statement from Bacardi.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>OSHA has issued 12 violations to Bacardi Bottling Corp. in connection with the death of Lawrence Davis at the company\u2019s Jacksonville, FL, facility in August 2012. Associated\u00a0<a title=\"OSHA cites Bacardi Bottling following death of worker on 1st day\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/oshaweb\/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&amp;p_id=23640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fines total $192,000<\/a>.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/lockout-tagout-loto-training-dvd.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8691\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"detail_61_2013-02-16_0900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/detail_61_2013-02-16_09001-2.png\" alt=\"Lockout\/Tagout\" width=\"120\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/shop\/lockout-tagout-loto-training-dvd.html\">Our\u00a0Lockout Tagout Safety DVD<\/a>\u00a0is an affordable way to train your employees on \u00a0safe lockout tagout practices. It is compliant to OSHA&#8217;s lockout tagout training requirements under 29 CFR\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/oshaweb\/owalink.query_links?src_doc_type=STANDARDS&amp;src_unique_file=1910_0147&amp;src_anchor_name=1910.147\">1910.147<\/a>.<\/p><p>Davis was cleaning glass from under the hoist of a palletizing machine when an employee restarted the palletizer. The machine crushed Davis. OSHA says Bacardi had failed to train temporary employees on using locks and tags to prevent the unexpected start-up of machines and to ensure its own employees used lockout\/tagout procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Bacardi was using temporary staffers from Remedy Intelligent Staffing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing untrained workers \u2014 many of them temporary workers \u2014 killed very soon after starting a new job. This must stop,\u201d said Michaels. The OSHA administrator said companies must train all employees, including those who are retained from temporary employment agencies, before they start working.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 12 violations, two were categorized as\u00a0<a title=\"Types of OSHA violations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safetynewsalert.com\/types-of-osha-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">willful<\/a>, nine as serious and one as less-than-serious, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>failing to develop, document and use lockout\/tagout procedure for the control of potentially hazardous energy (willful)<\/li>\n<li>failing to train temporary workers on lockout\/tagout procedures (willful)<\/li>\n<li>exposing workers to trip, struck-by and fire hazards caused by fixed permanent conveyors that crossed through an aisle (serious)<\/li>\n<li>obstructing exits (serious)<\/li>\n<li>failing to provide enough lockout\/tagout devices (serious)<\/li>\n<li>failing to require workers to wear safety goggles and long sleeves when using air guns at 90 pounds per square inch (serious), and<\/li>\n<li>storing a mixing tank within 12 inches of an electrical panel box (less-than-serious).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bacardi has 15 days to respond to the citations and fines. 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