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45 COR 40-8033 [¶22,854] REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED INJURIES – REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2018) – Employer failed to report a serious injury to the Division, a regulatory violation. 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(c) (2018) – An employee did not de-energize or block out a plastic container forming press machine, prior to placing his hand into the point of operation, exposing him to a crushing hazard. POINTS OF OPERATION AND OTHER HAZARDOUS POINTS OF MACHINERY, SCOPE AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS – MAINTENANCE AND USE OF POINT OF OPERATION TOOLS AND GUARDSCal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4186(b) (2018) – Employer failed to maintain the interlocking guard doors of a plastic container forming press machine in a safe working condition to prevent employees’ hands from entering the point of operation. Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated August 22, 2018, Inspection No. 1168868 (Glendale, CA).Read More...