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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: 93 Westmoreland Ave., Longmeadow, MA: On or about June 21, 2019 employees were engaged in residential roofing activities and were more than 20 feet above the next lower level and employees 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 June 21, 2019, when employees installing shingles on a two story residential roof located a 93 Westmoreland Ave., Longmeadow, MA were exposed to fall hazards of more than 20 feet above the next lower level (ground). 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 training is provided to each employee to enable them to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed 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).