Construction Co. Cited for Fall-Protection Hazards

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wolff Construction LP with nine serious safety violations for exposing workers to fall hazards following a complaint inspection that began in October 2012 when workers were erecting concrete steel forms of heights up to 15 feet without wearing the required fall protection equipment at a San Marcos work site. Proposed penalties total $46,000.OSHA's Austin Area Office cited Wolff Construction for failing to provide the required personal protective equipment when working at heights of 6 feet or higher, train employees working on...