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2. Cal/OSHA’s Lockout/Tagout for Employers eTool at D. Correcting Employer is an employer who has the
www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/etools/08-003/index.htm responsibility to correct the violative condition.

Machine Guarding Personal Protective Equipment

Machine guarding is required on all moving machine parts when When a hazard cannot be eliminated or controlled by
the operation of a machine or accidental contact with the parts engineering or administrative controls as required by Cal/OSHA
could injure the operator or other workers. The following are regulations, workers must be protected by personal protective
some of the major moving machine parts that must be guarded: equipment (PPE). Employer must assure that all required
safety devices and safeguards, whether employer or employee
• Gears, sprockets, and chain drives. 4075(a)
provided, comply with the applicable Cal/OSHA regulations and
• Belt and pulley drives. 4070(a) maintained in a safe, sanitary condition. Employer must perform
hazard assessments for all jobs and select the proper PPE for
• Belt conveyor head and tail pulleys. 3999(b)
those hazards. Employer also must ensure that employees have
• Screw conveyors. 3999(a) an understanding of all of the PPE related information listed in
3380(f)(4). Workers must be protected by PPE as follows:
• Exposed shafts and shaft ends 4050(a), 4051(a)
A. Eye and face protection is required when there is an inherent
• Collars and couplings. 4050(a) risk of eye injury from flying particles, injurious chemicals, or
• Hazardous revolving or reciprocating parts. 4002(a) harmful light rays. 3382
B. Foot protection is required for workers who are exposed
to foot injury from hot, corrosive, or injurious substances;
Multi-Employer Worksites from falling objects; or from crushing or penetrating actions.
Foot protection is also required for employees who work in
Multi-employer work sites are work locations where more than abnormally wet locations. 3385
one employer and his or her employees work, usually but not
necessarily at the same time. Most construction sites are multi- C. Hand protection is required for workers who are exposed to
skin absorption of harmful substances, cuts or lacerations,
employer work sites, and therefore more than one employer abrasions, punctures, chemical burns, thermal burns,
is responsible for safety at these work sites. Each employer is radioactive materials, and harmful temperature extremes.
required to notify the other employers of hazards and to guard 3384, 2320.2(a)
against exposing their own employees as well as all other
employees on the site. D. Body protection is required for workers who are exposed to
injurious materials. These workers must wear appropriate
The four categories of employers who may be cited by Cal/ body protection and clothing appropriate for their work.
OSHA for employee exposures to violative conditions are 1522(a)
identified in 336.10, 336.11.
1. Loose sleeves, ties, frills, lapels, cuffs, or other loose
A. Exposing Employer is an employer whose employees were clothing may not be worn around machinery in which it
exposed to the violative condition at the work site regardless could become entangled. 1522(b)
of whether that employer created the violative condition.
2. Workers must not wear clothing saturated or impregnated
B. Creating Employer is an employer who actually created the with flammable liquids or corrosive or irritants or oxidizing
violative condition. agents. 1522(c)
C. Controlling Employer is an employer who is responsible, by E. Hearing protection (HP) is required because the noise levels
contract or through actual practice, for safety and health of many construction operations frequently exceed 90 dBA.
conditions at the work site and who has the authority to When employees are subjected to sound levels listed in Table
correct the violation.
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