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

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: a) Located on the 3rd floor area of the structure, employees were exposed to the hazard associated with falls in excess of 12" utilizing stilts while standing on joint compound buckets. Among other methods one feasible method to correct this hazard would be to follow the Dura-Stilts manufacture safety guidelines which require workers not to walk on secondary scaffolding, benches, planks, stairs, steps, stools, ect., while working on stilts.