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Can an employer be cited by OSHA if an employee falls and injures himself or herself by falling from a height lower that that at which OSHA requires fall protection?
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Even if the fall was from a height lower than that at which fall protection is required, if the fall and subsequent injury results from some other violation of an occupational safety standard, or if circumstances made it a violation of the General Duty Clause, OSHA would have the authority to issue a citation.
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