Text For Citation: 02 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: (a) Shot Blast - Employees stood on the platform, 14 feet 10 inches above the floor, at the Wheelabrator tumble shot blasting machine, to clean the rotary screen of this machine. The platform did not have a standard railing, exposing employees to a fall to the floor below, on or about January 10, 2013. Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records. (b) System II Shakeout Area - The shakeout employee was exposed to an inadequately guarded open sided floor in that there was an unguarded opening between the sand hopper and the impurity waste bin across the aisle from the System II shakeout, on or about January 18, 2013. No abatement certification or documentation required. DOMESTIC CASTING, LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1910.23(c)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 116215120, CITATION NUMBER 2, ITEM NUMBER 1, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON JUNE 1, 2011, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 275 NORTH QUEEN STREET, SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.