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29 CFR 1926.1406(a)(2): When employer procedures were used instead of manufacturer procedures for assembly/disassembly, the employer did not ensure that the procedures provided adequate support and stability of all parts of the equipment: When using employer procedures instead of manufacturer procedures for disassembly, the employer does ensure that the procedures provide adequate support and stability of all parts of the tower crane. This violation occurred on July 7, 2012, at a workplace located at 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas; where the employers procedures for disassembling the mast to the Terex Peiner, model SK 415, tower crane (11 tower sections high) by removing up to six of the eight connecting elements (mast bolts) from every other tower section did not provide adequate support and stability to the mast.