OSHA's Sweep Auger Policy Comes FullCircle:The agency revises its stance after essentially banning workers from entering grain bins while operating sweep augers

摘要

Aiter nearly five years of back-and-forth between the grain industry and OSHA over its fluctuating sweep auger policy, arecent agency memo has brought some degree of closure to the issue.The controversy was sparked in 2008 when an insurance agent wrote to OSHA regarding its policies on whether employees could remove their harnesses and lifeline inside a bin if there were no engulfment hazards present, and if employees could operate sweep