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Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm: Well site: On or about and times prior to September 15, 2011, employees operated a service rig during the rework of an oil/gas well with the derrick man working on the rig mast. No secondary emergency means of egress was provided for the derrick man while working on the mast. This prevented the employee from making timely emergency egress from the mast during rig emergencies with hazards as: fire, explosion, being struck by flying objects, and falling in a rig collapse. The American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, RP 54, 6.10.1 requires that an auxiliary means of escape be installed on the rig mast/derrick, and that it provides a ready and convenient means of escape from the derrick man's working platform. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct these hazard is to assure that the emergency egress system is installed any time an employee is working on the mast.ng