Nico Roofing & Exteriors, Inc., Marengo, Ill.

The employer is contesting a two-item serious citation, a two-item repeat citation, and a penalty of $48,780. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. 1926.21(b)(2), for failure to instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to the work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. The repeat citation includes the alleged violations of 29 C.F.R. 1926.102(a)(1), for failure to ensure that eye and face protective equipment was used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury; and 29 C.F.R. 1926.501(b)(13), ...