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

29 CFR 1910.22(c): Access and egress. The employer must provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces. At an establishment located at 5215 Mill Road, in Laona, Wisconsin; (a) On or about September 5, 2023, in Plant A by the row of Up Cut Saws, the employer did not provide a safe means of access and egress to and from the walking-working surfaces. Employees cutting lumber following the block pile stations had to step over up to four waste chutes and had limitations of the size of the exit route for emergency egress from the workstation. (b) On or about September 5, 2023, in Plant A by the row of Up Cut Saws, the employer did not provide a safe means of access and egress to and from the walking-working surfaces. Employees would jump down onto the Take Off belt to egress their workstations hindering the exit route for emergency egress from the workstation. (c) On or about September 13, 2023, in Plant A by the Brute Optimizer, the employer did not provide a safe means of access and egress to and from the walking-working surfaces. Employees were required to climb on conveyors to get to the back open area to perform cleaning activities which limited the exit route for emergency egress from the work area. (d) On or about September 22, 2023, in Plant A by the Tongue/End Matcher, the employer did not provide a safe means of access and egress to and from the walking-working surfaces. Employees were required to duck under one of two conveyors to get in/out of their workstations hindering the exit route for emergency egress from the workstation.