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29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): The employer does not ensure 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface are used. This violation was most recently observed on 7/30/2015 at a worksite at 51 Pleasant Street, Woburn, MA, where the employer failed to ensure proper access to a ladder jack scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards of greater than 21-feet, 6-inches. A S General Construction Inc. has been previously cited for this practice, as described below. A S General Construction Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451 (e)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection 1046935, citation 1, item 3 and was affirmed as a final order on June 5, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 62 Ryan Farm Road Windham, NH.