See the User's Guide for details. Mass. Green Mountain employees and supervisors were found working without fall protection in three aerial lifts more than 25 feet above the ground last December, OSHA said. In addition, one employee was observed standing on the middle rail of a lift basket during steel erection procedures, in plain view of a foreman.
Falls are the leading cause of worker deaths in the construction industry.
More than 250 American workers died in construction related falls in 1999, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Green Mountain President Roger Bouchard said Monday that he would meet with OSHA officials later this week in hopes of negotiating a settlement. If that fails, the company will contest the citations before an administrative law judge, he said. Bouchard declined to comment further. The violations included problems with cranes and rigging equipment, steel erection procedures and scaffold safety, he said.