Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(vii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide and ensure that employees use that equipment, such as ladders, needed for safe ingress and egress by authorized entrants: a) On or about June 22, 2018, at the above located workplace, employees in the Heat Treat area were required to climb up without a ladder onto an approximately four foot high walking-working surface at the top of the large heavy heat treat tank without guard rails or other safe means of fall protection. The opposite side edge of the walking-working surface was approximately 16 feet deep above the floor of the tank. The edge was unguarded. Employees were thereby exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 16 feet.