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29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):Exit route(s) are not kept free and unobstructed: a) Dollar General Store #8026 - 535 W Bacon St. Pembroke, GA 31321: The employer fails to ensure effective measures to prevent obstruction hazards in exit routes as demonstrated on or about February 14, 2022 and times prior, in the store room, where employees move, store, and retrieve stock. To abate this hazard, the employer must ensure the emergency exit route directly in front of the emergency exit door remains free of all obstructions at all times. b) Dollar General Store #8026 - 535 W Bacon St. Pembroke, GA 31321: The employer fails to ensure effective measures to prevent obstruction hazards in exit routes as demonstrated on or about February 14, 2022 and times prior, from the manager's office, breakroom, and employee restroom (office corridor). To abate this hazard, the employer must ensure the emergency exit route directly in front of the office corridor remains free of all obstructions at all times. c) Dollar General Store #8026 - 535 W Bacon St. Pembroke, GA 31321: The employer fails to ensure effective measures to prevent obstruction hazards in exit routes as demonstrated on or about February 14, 2022 and times prior, in the rear aisle of the sales floor. To abate this hazard, the employer must ensure the emergency exit routes in all the aisles remain free of all obstructions at all times. d) Dollar General Store #8026 - 535 W Bacon St. Pembroke, GA 31321: The employer fails to ensure effective measures to prevent obstruction hazards in exit routes as demonstrated on or about February 14, 2022 and times prior, from the cash register to the nearest exit. To abate this hazard, the employer must ensure the emergency exit route from the cash register to the nearest exit remain free of all obstructions at all times. Dollar General Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1555839, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on February 11, 2022 with respect to a workplace located at 1748 Us Route 1 Sullivan, ME 04664. Dollar General Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1510926, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 21, 2021 with respect to a workplace located at 12345 FM 1097 Willis, TX 77318. Dollar General Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1517332, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 22, 2021 with respect to a workplace located at 73 E Hollis St Nashua, NH 03060.