Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.176(b): The employer does not ensure material stored in tiers are stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it is stable and secure against sliding and collapse: Location: Stock room: On or about September 5, 2019, cartons/boxes of merchandise above head height were not stacked securely to prevent sliding or falling exposing employees to collapse and struck-by hazards: (a) Cartons/boxes of merchandise that were piled up high and in an unstable manner, along left side of the aisleway that leads to the cardboard baler machine. (b) Cartons/boxes of merchandise that were piled up high and in an unstable manner, across the room from the cardboard baler machine. (c) Cartons/boxes of merchandise that were piled up at a height above reach, along the right side the aisleway that leads into the stock room from the store front. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a repeat violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.176(b), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1269761, citation number 1, item number 2a issued on June 14, 2018, and was affirmed as a final order on September 7, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 1155 S. Havana Street, Unit 23, Aurora, CO 80012. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure delivered cartons of merchandise being unloaded from the truck to the store's stock room are being stacked in a stable manner. The employer must ensure employees move merchandise from the stock room to retail shelving prior to the next delivery in order to maintain stacks of cartons at stable heights in lieu of piles, to prevent collapse and struck-by hazards.