Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed: (a) The employer is failing to protect employees from tripping and burn hazards by allowing exit routes to be blocked during mail sorting job tasks. This was most recently documented at 2323 Forest Avenue Des Moines, Iowa, where exit routes were blocked by mail carts. (b) The employer is failing to protect employees from tripping and burn hazards by allowing emergency doors to be blocked during mail sorting job tasks. This was most recently documented on March 3, 2016 at 2323 Forest Avenue Des Moines, Iowa, where emergency doors were blocked by carts and parcels. Abatement verification is required for this violation. The abatement certification sheet is enclosed with the citation(s). The U S Postal Service was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 924726, Citation number 2, Item 2, and was affirmed as a final order on August 11, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 578 W. Main St., Dothan, AL 36301. The U.S. Postal Service was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314663360, Citation 2, Item 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 4/19/2011 with respect to a workplace located at 7755 E. 56th Ave., Denver Co 80266. The U.S. Postal Service was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 98297, Citation 1, Item 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 6/25/2012 with respect to a workplace located at 120 W. 1st Street, Geneseo, IL 61254.