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29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b): Building 7, 285 Locust St,. Woburn, MA. On or about October 16, 2019, workers were exposed to multiple fall hazards greater than 14-feet to a lower level or ground below while framing residential apartments without fall protection. Instance 1: Workers cutting plywood on walking-working surface greater than 14-feet without fall protection Instance 2: Workers unloading trusses from powered industrial truck on walking-working surface greater than 14 -feet without fall protection. Instance 3: Worker handling and installing trusses wear a personal fall arrest system, with a vertical lifeline that was not connected to anchoring device. Instance 4: Workers exposed to fall through floor holes 14 feet to ground without fall protection Instance 5: Workers did not install hinged ridge anchors in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Instance 6: Multiple workers connected their vertical lifelines at the same time to the same D-ring anchor. Instance 7: Workers connected to vertical lifelines travel almost 90-degrees from the anchor that would initiate a swing fall and strike the lower level below. Instance 8. Walking/working surfaces were not fully sheathed exposing workers to falls