Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall. a) The employer did not install protection on the fabricated frame scaffold to protect employees from falling materials while conducting stucco operations. This violation was observed at 3018 West Thompson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19121 on or about November 3, 2015 where the fabricated frame scaffolds were not provided with overhead hazard protection, such as toeboards to protect employees from falling objects while working on multiple levels of the fabricated frame scaffold. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must install protection such as toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects when working on the scaffold and there is an overhead hazard.