Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001B 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. The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with working on inadequately guarded elevated working surfaces while exposed to fall hazards greater than 4 feet. The most recent occurrence of this was found at the facility located at 501 Division Ave, York, NE 68467 where the employer has employees accessing the platforms with inadequate or missing railing to perform maintenance on equipment. Instances include but are not limited to: i. Employees accessing the walking surface above the ingredient storage room to store boxes. ii. Employees using the grated catwalk between the walking surface over the ingredient storage room to the working surface over the bagger/sewing line as means of servicing the belt and pulley as well as the auger motor. iii. Employees accessing the walking surface above the bagging/sewing line to service the hopper, hopper gates, belt and pulley assembly and motors. iv. Employees accessing the walking surface above the break room to conduct maintenance on the augers, belt and pulley assemblies. v. Employees working in the basement near the edge of the unguarded boot pit.