Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Montes Construction, LLC is failing to ensure employee(s) engaged in a steel erection activity on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level are protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems: (a) Montes Construction, LLC at Estelline CO-OP Grain, 465th Avenue, Estelline, SD 57234: On or about and at times prior to September 14, 2020, the employer is failing to ensure employees were protected from fall hazards while installing metal roof decking on a commercial building. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 25 to 35 feet. Montes Construction, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1304527, citation number 2, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on September 11, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 1403 Woolsey Heights, Colorado Springs, CO 80915. Montes Construction, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1288055, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on February 12, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 279 South Purcell Boulevard, Pueblo, CO 81007.