Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each employee be protected from tripping into or stepping into or through any hole that is less than 4 feet (1.2 m) above a lower level by covers or guardrail systems. a) The employer fails to ensure effective measures to prevent tripping and thermal burn hazards as demonstrated on or about May 18, 2024 at the basement area wastewater drainage trough, before the utilities tunnel at base of stairs where employees working in the boiler area or walking through to the utility tunnel system were exposed to tripping and up to 171 degree Fahrenheit, third degree burn hazards, in that; the grating was missing on the walking working surface where 3-inch-deep superheated wastewater ran through lengths including but not limited to 130-inch-long X 7.5-inch-deep X 8.5-inch-wide . To abate this hazard, the employer must ensure that covers or a guardrail system is in place.