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

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards: Note:Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard. On November 4, 2015, employees working on flat bed rolling stock trailer located inside the facility of plant #1 near door #8 were not protected from falls while loading. The trailer measured a fall hazard of 57 inches to the ground below. Republic Steel was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 942545, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 1, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 401 Rose Ave. SE, Massillon, OH. Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, the employer must submit an abatement plan with (25 days) describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect its employees from fall hazards. Every 30 days thereafter, the employer shall submit a progress report stating how employees are being protected from fall hazards; whether it is meeting the schedule set for in its abatement plan, and if not why not; and whether it is maintaining the protections that have already been installed.