Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury: a) On or about 01/13/2020 in a wooded area near 208 Fisher Road, Andover, New York; an employee used a climbing belt to climb out on the support strand to retrieve a lashing machine that became stuck mid-strand. The employee slipped through the belt to his chest and was suffocated. Employees were not trained in the various methods to retrieve the lasher nor were they trained in the limitations of climbing belts or the hazards of misusing a climbing belt for horizontal access on an aerial wire. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED