Does your facaility have hazardous machinery? Does your facaility have E-Stops on that hazardous machinery? 1910.144(a)(1)(iii) is a rarely used OSHA standard, but it does exist and it is VERY specific. In fact IN-OSHA issued a citation against the standard this month. Here is what it says…
Stop. Emergency stop bars on hazardous machines such as rubber mills, wire blocks, flat work ironers, etc., shall be red. Stop buttons or electrical switches which letters or other markings appear, used for emergency stopping of machinery shall be red.
Here is IN-OSHA’s NON-SERIOUS citation using 1910.144:
