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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. Crossbraces were used as a means of access. a) The employer does not provide a means of access from one level of the scaffold to another by use of ladders, stair towers, or other acceptable means. This violation was most recently observed at the property 3018 West Thompson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19121 on November 3, 2015 where employees were performing stucco operations from a fabricated frame scaffold that had no ladders, stair towers, or other safe means of access. The fabricated frame scaffold was approximately thirty-nine (39) feet in height and employees were accessing the fabricated frame scaffold using the integral scaffold frame members and climbing crossbraces. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must require the use of portable ladders, attachable ladders or equivalent safe means of access. Penn Stucco, Inc. 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 995057, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on January 7, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 624-626 Flora Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125. Penn Stucco, Inc. 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 939267, citation number 2, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on November 8, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 840-842 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147. Penn Stucco, Inc. 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 484073, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on November 1, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 1824 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146.