Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following: Guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems: a) E-Melt, on or about 5/13/19: Employees working on the E-melt deck were not protected from falling 7-feet 6-inches into the charge bucket pit. b) Foundry, near Incline Pit Stairs, on or about 5/15/19: The employer did not ensure that an open sided floor next to the Hi-Vac machine was equipped with a guardrail system to prevent employees from falling 8-feet 10-inches. c) E-Melt, on or about 5/15/19: The secondary deck was not equipped with a guardrail system to protect employees from falling 4-feet into the scrap yard. d) Foundry/E-Melt Furnace Slag Pit, on or about 5/15/19: The furnace slag pit was not equipped with an adequate guardrail system along the unprotected side and ends in that no mid-rail was provided to protect employees falling approximately 4-feet 9-inches into the pit; and on or about 9/17/19 an employee was exposed to the open pit when he walked between the existing guardrail system and the pit. e) Foundry Deck, on or about 5/15/19: The walkway between the test stand and pouring unit was not equipped with a guardrail system on each open side to protect the employees from falling 6 feet. f) E-Melt Roof, on or about 5/15/19: Employees accessing the roof for crane maintenance purposes are exposed to an unprotected roof edge. Employees exposed to falling approximately 18 feet to the secondary deck below. g) Compressor Room, on or about 6/10/19: Work platform was not equipped with a guardrail system to prevent employees from falling 5-feet 2-inches. h) DISA #1, on or about 7/31/19: The East end of the catwalk was not equipped with a guardrail system to protect employees from falling approximately 17 feet to the next lower level. i) Prepared Sand Belt Catwalk, on or 7/31/19: A 4-foot section of the guardrail was missing the intermediate railing and exposed employees to falling approximately 17-feet. j) E-Melt, on or about 8/2/19, 8/23/19, 10/15/19 and 10/22/19: E-melt deck is not equipped with a fall protection system to prevent employees from falling 8-feet 10-inches into the furnace slag pit. k) E-Melt, on or about 8/2/19: Employees relining the furnaces are not protected from falling 6 feet into the furnace. l) E-Melt, on or about 8/2/19: Employees working on the melt deck are exposed to falling 10-feet into the basement when the furnaces are tipped vertically.