Pakutsekera/tagout, kuphwanya chitetezo cha makina

Bungwe la Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) linagwira mawu a Safeway Inc. pa Ogasiti 10, ponena kuti kampaniyo inaphwanya zotsekera/tagout zamakampani amkaka, kuteteza makina, ndi mfundo zina.Chindapusa chonse chomwe OSHA adapereka ndi US $339,379.

Bungweli lidayendera chomera chonyamula mkaka cha Denver chomwe chimayendetsedwa ndi Safeway chifukwa wogwira ntchito adataya zala zinayi pomwe akugwiritsa ntchito makina omangira omwe analibe njira zodzitetezera.

"Safeway Inc. idadziwa kuti zida zake zinalibe njira zodzitetezera, koma kampaniyo idasankha kupitiriza kugwira ntchito popanda kuganizira za chitetezo cha ogwira ntchito," Mtsogoleri wa OSHA Denver Regional Amanda Kupper adatero m'mawu a bungwe.“Kusayanjanitsika kumeneku kunachititsa kuti wantchitoyo avulale kwambiri.”

Malinga ndi OSHA, Safeway ndi othandizira a Albertsons Companies ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito masitolo m'maboma 35 ndi District of Columbia.

OSHA idatchula Safeway ngati kuphwanya kwakukulu kwalockout/tagoutmiyezo ndikupeza kuti kampaniyo sinatero:

Bungweli lidatchulapo kuphwanya dala komanso kuphwanya kwakukulu kwa Safewaylockout/tagoutmuyezo chifukwa pamene ogwira ntchito yokonza ntchito pa makina awiri akamaumba mu fakitale, iwo analephera kupanga, kulemba, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito njira pang'onopang'ono kulamulira mphamvu zowopsa.OSHA idatchulanso kuphwanya mwadala komanso koopsa kwa Safeway pamakina osatetezedwa, kuwonetsa antchito pachiwopsezo chodulidwa, kutsekereza / kutsekereza, ndi kuphwanya.

OSHA idatchulapo zonena za Safeway kuti idaphwanya kwambiri machitidwe oyenda pamtunda wamafuta a hydraulic, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale ngozi zakugwa.Oyang'anira m'mabungwe adapeza kuti phala lotayira silinalowe m'malo litakhuta, ndipo makatoni otayirira adayikidwa pansi m'munsi mwa makina opangira.

Bungweli linanenanso zomwe olemba anzawo ntchito adanena kuti adaphwanya kwambiri miyezo ya gasi yophatikizika pamasilinda a nitrogen osatetezedwa.Woyang'anirayo adapeza kuti silinda ya nayitrogeni pakati pa chipinda kumbuyo kwa makina omangira inali yowongoka komanso yosakhazikika.

Pambuyo polandira subpoena ndi chilango, Safeway ili ndi masiku 15 ogwira ntchito kuti agwirizane ndi chilango cha bungwe ndi chithandizo, kupempha msonkhano wosakhazikika ndi mkulu wa dera la OSHA, kapena kupereka zotsatira za kafukufuku wa bungwe pamaso pa Occupational Safety and Health Review Board.

      Lockout/tagoutndi miyezo yoteteza makina ndiyo miyezo yomwe OSHA imatchulidwa kwambiri.Mchaka chandalama cha 2020 chomwe chimatha pa Seputembara 30, 2020, bungweli lidatchulapo zalockout/tagoutmuyezo (29 CFR §1910.147) 2,065 nthawi ndi makina chitetezo muyezo (§1910.212) 1,313 nthawi.OSHA yakhazikitsanso National Priority Programme (NEP) yopitilira kupanga zodula ziwalo, kuphatikiza kuyang'anira ndikukhazikitsa miyezo yotsekera / kutsekera ndi kuteteza makina.