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29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards: 70 Russell Street, Hadley, MA: On or about May 2, 2019 employees performing re-roofing work on a residential structure greater than 16 feet above a lower level had not been provided training to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards. The employer does not assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on May 2, 2019, when employees were installing shingles on a two story residential roof located a 70 Russel St. Hadley, MA and the employer had not provided a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that all employees exposed to fall hazards are provided training to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards. Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).