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29 CFR 1926.1406(a)(3): When employer procedures were used instead of manufacturer procedures for assembly/disassembly, the employer did not ensure that the procedures positioned employees involved in the assembly/disassembly operation so that their exposure to unintended movement or collapse of part or all of the equipment was minimized: When using employer procedures instead of manufacturer procedures for disassembly, the employer does ensure that the procedures position employees so that their exposure to unintended movement or collapse of the crane is minimized. 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 while two employees remained on the mast rigging parts and sections did not position the two employees so that their exposure to unintended movement or collapse of the crane was minimized.