Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 003A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Cross-braces shall not be used as a means of access. On or about March 24, 2021, and at times prior thereto, at the construction site, employees were working from scaffold system(s) performing masonry work on the third, fourth and fifth tiers without being provided a ladder for safe access/egress, exposing them to fall hazards of approximately 30-feet to the lower level. RM Masonry and Stucco Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1329085 , citation number 001, item number 003, issued on September12, 2018, and was affirmed as a final order on October 25, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 705 Avenue B, Garland, TX 75048.