Kansas residential contractor cited over fall hazards

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday said it cited a Kansas construction contractor for putting workers at risk of fall hazards.

OSHA cited Wellsville-based Triple A Built LLC for six instance-by-instance repeat violations for lack of fall protection and two repeat violations for not providing workers using powered nail guns with proper eye and face protection.

The agency proposed $233,210 in penalties. The company has 15 business days to contest the citation and proposed penalties.

OSHA said it cited Triple A Built after safety inspectors observed employees doing framing work without fall and eye protection on jobs sites in Peculiar and Blue Springs, Missouri, in October 2023.

The company had previously been cited for similar violations, OSHA said.

OSHA said it initiated its inspections under the agency’s National Emphasis Program for Falls and Regional Emphasis Program on Falls, Scaffolds and Electrocutions from Overhead Power Lines in Construction.