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

29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1): Fall hazards. Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart. Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017. a) On or about 9/14/2019 the employer did not provide training for employees who utilize personal fall protection systems while retrieving tires from the three tiered racking system, as result, an employee fell from the second tier of the racking system (approximately 6'). The employee climbed on top of the Walkie (model #RPXT2W2G60BV), then climbed up in the racking system, the employee was standing on a tire in the second tier(that was hanging over the edge).