Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001C Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer does not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards Affordable Exteriors project site at 7503 Feith St. Weston, WI: Affordable Exteriors does not have a program to ensure employees are able to recognize hazards associated with the use of ladders and to take the appropriate actions to eliminate those hazards, and does not ensure the employees have been trained by a competent person to properly set up and use ladders or to understand the other Standards in this subpart. To abate this hazard the employer must ensure that each employee is trained to recognize ladder hazards, the OSHA regulations applicable to stairways and ladders during construction activity, and to properly set up and use ladders appropriate for each project site. Affordable Exteriors LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 317749893, citation number 1, item number 3, and was affirmed as a final order on 2/2/15, with respect to a workplace located at 201 N. Hugo Ave. Duluth, MN 55812. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including the names and qualifications of the persons it is designating as competent, and a description of their responsibilities.