Text For Citation: 03 Item/Group: 001 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. Site- Employees accessing a ladder jack scaffold from an aluminum extension ladder supporting the ladder jack scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard where a separate access ladder is not utilized. The employer routinely fails to assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on July 7, 2016, when employees accessing a ladder jack scaffold from an aluminum extension ladder supporting the ladder jack scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard where a separate access ladder was not utilized at 38 Longfellow Drive, Bethlehem, NH 03574. Ken Stanley DBA A+ Roofing previously committed a serious violation of a similar standard on August 6, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 121 Winchester Street, Keene, NH 03431 which was contained in OSHA inspection number 928024.