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. Cross-braces were used as a means of access: On or about February 18, 2014, employees performing cornice installation on a residential home were working from single pole job built scaffold systems that did not have an accessible ladder for access and were exposed to a fall hazard: a) at the north west corner of the home, an employee was approximately 14 feet from the ground below; and b) on the rear north west upper mid-section area of the home, an employee was approximately 21 feet from the ground below. The Mr. Jose Adan Alvarado was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 316043645, citation number 1 item number 3A and was affirmed as a final order on 01/03/2012 with a final abatement date of 01/03/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 3521 Saratoga Downs, Fort Worth, Texas 76244.