Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004B Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall. a) The employer did not install additional protection on the supported tubular-welded frame scaffold to protect employees from falling objects, debris, equipment, or materials while conducting stucco activities. This violation was observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, where the scaffold was not provided with additional protection to protect employees from falling objects such as 5-gallon buckets filled with cement and cement trowels. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must install falling object protection such as toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect falling objects when working from the scaffold.