Jeff Arnold Concrete, Cohoes, NY

The employer is contesting a three-item serious citation and a penalty of $9,240 for alleged violations of 1926.404(b)(1)(ii), for failure to ensure that all 120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacle outlets on construction sites had approved ground-fault circuit interrupters for personnel protection; 1926.451(b)(1)(i), for failure to ensure that each platform unit was tightly planked for the full length of the scaffold; and 1926.501(b)(1), for failure to protect each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge six feet or more above a lower level from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net ...