Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and braces were not installed according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and be repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 26 feet or less thereafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet wide. The top guy, tie or brace of completed scaffolds was placed further than the 4:1 height from the top. a) The employer does not restrain the fabricated frame scaffolding from tipping by guying, tying, bracing or equivalent means. This violation was most recently observed on the east side of the site located at 1868 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on or about July 16, 2020 where employees were constructing a stair/elevator tower with concrete masonry units from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not restrained from tipping by installing guys, ties, and braces. The fabricated frame scaffold was approximately sixty-three (63) feet in height and approximately five (5) feet in width thus the height to base ratio was approximately twelve to one (12:1). To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must require the use of guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means when the height to base ratio exceeds four to one (4:1).