Text For Citation: 03 Item/Group: 003A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person. Location: Worksite On or about August 17, 2023, employees were exposed to fall hazards of an estimated 17 feet while standing on and working from a ladder jack scaffold that was built by untrained employees. No competent person qualified in scaffolds was on site. The employer routinely fails to ensure that scaffolding used on his job sites be built, altered, or moved by a trained employee and supervised by a competent person trained for such work, as observed by CSHO on August 17, 2023, as well as per prior OSHA inspections with 451(f)(7), or equivalent OSHA standards citations: -OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, or its equivalent standards 29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1557543, as citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 5/7/2020 to Brothers Construction Services, Inc., with respect to a workplace located at 480 Appleton St., Arlington, MA 02474. -OSHA previously issued a citation alleging multiple Serious violations of this occupational safety and health standard, or its equivalent standards 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6), and 29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5) which were contained in OSHA inspection number 1464728, as citation number 1, item number 1-a and citation 1, item number 1-b, and was affirmed as a final order on 5/7/2020 to Brothers Construction Services, Inc., with respect to a workplace located at 62 Wareham St., Middleboro, MA 02346. -OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Willful-Serious violation, as well as Repeat-Serious violations, and a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1081403, Willful-Serious citation number 2, item number 1. Repeat-Serious violations in this inspection citation 3 item 3 451(b)(5)(i), citation 3 item 4 451(e)(1), citation 3 item 5 451(f)(3), citation 3 item 6 452(k)(1), citation 3 item 7 452(k)(5). A Serious violation as well, citation 1 item 2 454(a). and was affirmed as a final order on 2/16/2016 to AS General Construction, Inc., the same owner of Brothers Construction Services, Inc., with respect to a workplace located at 51 Pleasant St., Woburn, MA 01801. -OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Repeat-Serious violation as well as Serious violations of this occupational safety and health standard, or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1046935, citation number 2, item number 2. Serious violations- citation 1, item 2-a 451(b)(4), citation 1 item 2-b 451(b)(5)(i), citation 1 item 3 451(e)(1), citation 1 item 4 451(f)(3)). and was affirmed as a final order on 6/5/2015 to AS General Construction, Inc, the same owner of Brothers Construction Services, Inc., with respect to a workplace located at 62 Ryan Farm Rd., Windham, NH 03087. -OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315142026, citation number 1, item number 7, citations issued on 9/21/2011 to AS General Construction & Roofing, Inc. , with respect to a workplace located at 91 Harvard St., Dedham, MA 02026.