On July 14, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed fines of $221,600 against Clint Horn, doing business as Sturgis Tuckpointing, alleging that he repeatedly exposed workers to fall hazards while they worked on scaffold structures. One week before OSHA announced the citation against Sturgis Tuckpointing, emails circulated among St. Louis contractors warning that OSHA would be conducting a sweep of all construction sites in eastern Missouri from Hannibal to Cape Girardeau starting on Monday, July 12.