Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. a) Route 40 and Salem Church Road, Bear, DE - The employer does not ensure that safe means of scaffold access and egress are available for every employee. This continuing violation was most recently observed on November 25, 2015, when employees performing stucco application were climbing scaffold endframes to a working height in excess of ten feet, which did not have an integral ladder. The employer's ongoing obligation is to ensure that all tubular welded frame scaffolding working levels are provided with a safe means of access and egress during routine scaffold use.