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29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): The employer does not ensure that unsecured ladder(s) are used on surfaces that are stable and level. This violation was most recently observed on 7/30/2015 at a jobsite located 51 Pleasant Street Woburn, MA, where the ladders were not set up on stable and level surfaces, exposing employees accessing and working from the ladders and ladders of the ladder jack scaffold to fall hazards greater than 21 feet, 6-inches, for the following instances; Instance 1: Westside of house ladder jack scaffold - 32-foot Werner aluminum extension ladder's right foot of ladder was placed on a paving stone, Instance 2 and 3: Westside of house ladder jack scaffold - Two 16-foot Werner aluminum extension ladders feet were placed in the first floor roof gutter.