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

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(2): Ladders used to support the ladder jack scaffolding did not meet the requirements of Sub-part X. Location: Worksite On or about August 17, 2023 employees were exposed to fall hazards of an estimated 17 feet where the angle of the ladders for the ladder jack scaffold on site exceeded the required 4:1 ratio, and cords were wrapped around and through the ladder rungs. 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.