Alleged Fall Hazards Bring Contractor 4 Citations, $61,000 in Fines

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued four citations with fines totaling $61,600 to masonry contractor Misdea Enterprises of Weymouth for alleged safety violations after an employee fell 30 feet while climbing a scaffold at a job site in Brookline, Mass.OSHA issued the company two willful and two serious citations.The agency said the willful citations were issued because the scaffold allegedly lacked a ladder or other safe means of accessing its upper levels and the workers allegedly were not supplied with fall protection while working on the scaffold.  Those citati...