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

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems. (a)Erected Steel Pros, Inc. at 45144 289th Street, Viborg, SD 57070: On and before and prior to October 3, 2017, the exposing employer did not ensure each employee on a walking/working surface having an unprotected side or edge which was fifteen-feet (1.8m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system. Employees were engaged in installing insulation and corrugated steel roofing panels without the use of a fall protection system. On October 3, 2017, an employee was moving steel corrugated roof deck panels on the roof, died as a result of falling 21-feet to the interior of the building under construction. This condition exposed the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21-feet.