N&C Iron Works Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.

The employer is contesting a willful citation and a seven-item serious citation, and a penalty of $29,250. The willful citation is for an alleged violation of 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 systems, or personal fall arrest systems. The serious items include alleged violations of 1926.503(a)(1), for failure to ensure that a written certification record containing the name or other identity of the employee trained, the dates ...