Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 006 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall. (a) Jobsite- Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA: On or about May 16, 2012 toeboards were not installed on the scaffold and employees were observed working underneath the scaffold exposed to falling objects.