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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative. AMSA 98 Maintenance Shop: Elements of an energy control program had not been established by the employer for maintenance on utility vehicles. On May 23, 2018, an employee was crushed when the automated lifting mechanism for the M-Gator Utility Vehicle cargo box failed and pinned the employee between the bed and the frame.