Wadsworth Mechanical of CNY, Inc., Syracuse, NY

Employer contests a four-item serious citation with a fine of $10,799. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. 1926.651(c)(2), for failure to ensure that a stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was in an excavation four feet or more deep so as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel for employees; 29 C.F.R. 1926.651(j)(2), for failure to keep excavated or other materials and equipment at least two feet from the edge of an excavation, or to use retaining devices sufficient to prevent the materials or equipment from falling or rolling into ...