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29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse: Location: Stock Room On or about 2/19/2020, cartons/boxes of merchandise were stored in unstable piles some of which measuring over 8 feet high. The merchandise had been thrown to the top of the piles and not stacked securely. Employees work in the Stock Room on a daily basis and off-load trucks weekly and are exposed to tripping and struck-by hazards. The Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.176(b), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1269761, Repeat Citation Number 1, Item Number 2b 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. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure employees unloading delivered cartons of merchandise 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, for preventing collapse and struck-by hazards.