Section 408.17712. Preventive maintenance procedures.

(1) An employer  shall  implement   preventive  maintenance procedures as follows:

(a)   Conduct regularly scheduled inspections of at least the mechanical and safety control equipment associated with all of the following:

(i)   Dryers.

(ii)   Grain stream processing equipment.

(iii)   Dust collection equipment, including filter collectors.

(iv)   Bucket elevators.

(b)     Lubrication and other appropriate maintenance in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations or as determined necessary based on previous operating records.

(2)     An employer shall promptly correct dust collection systems which are malfunctioning or which are operating below designed efficiency.

Additionally, an employer shall promptly correct, or remove from  service, overheated bearings and slipping or misaligned belts associated with inside bucket elevators.

(3)     A certification record shall be maintained of each inspection performed in accordance with this rule and shall contain all of the following information:

(a)  The date of the inspection.

(b)   The name of the person who performed the inspection.

(c)   The serial number or other identifier of the equipment specified in subrule (1)(a) of this rule that was inspected.

(4)   An employer shall implement procedures for the use of tags and locks which will prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion  to equipment which is being repaired, serviced, or adjusted and which could result in employee injury. Such locks and tags shall be removed in accordance with established procedures only by the employee installing them or, if the installing employee is unavailable, by his or her supervisor.

History: 1988 AACS.