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choice present during the interview, which can include the OSHA commonly cites manufacturers for failing to guard Employers who either ignore known pinch points, choose to remove guards, knowingly allow employees to remove guards, and/or permit employees to work in unguarded areas during is a recent example lines at its facility, which molded raw materials into flat rectangular plastic sheets. The machinery pulled the sheets through a series of rollers arranged in clusters before which were sold for use in various products. The machine at issue in the worker’s death that could be pulled down over one of the exposed sides of the rollers. Criminal charges followed for the employer, despite the fact, according to court documents, the site’s safety rules emphasized that “\\\[m\\\]achine guards are installed as a means of protecting you \\\[the employees\\\] from those parts of the is in operations. For this reason, these maintenance is performed and then the guards may be removed only when the person performing the maintenance.” www.rendermagazine.com The Justice Department maintained that despite the guards and, in fact, trained employees to bypass guards if defend the criminal charges, the employer entered into a points, installing guarding, supervising and training employees to ensure they are not bypassing guarding, and enforcing the employer’s safety rules. Only then (if applicable) will employers be able to prove employee disregards and bypasses machine guards. shows the perils for employers who fail to enforce safety rules and fail to respond moving guards. with guarding and related rules, but as we have previously inspections and (b) consider conducting safety audits and (and does) use nonprivileged audit documents that evidence R Render 51
