Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(4): Portable ladders were not use on stable and level surfaces and they were not secured or stabilized to prevent accidental displacement. a) On the fly floor to the stage left: An employee leaned an 8-foot wood ladder on the top rail of the guardrails for work height elevation during theatre restoration work. The ladder created a fulcrum on the top rail and pivoted forward over the guardrails while the employee was working on it. The top rail of the guardrails was not a stable surface which the ladder leaned on, and it was not secured or stabilized to prevent accidental displacement. On or about 11/12/2020. b) On the fly floor to the stage left: An employee leaned a 6-foot A-frame stepladder in folded configuration on the top rail of the guardrails for work height elevation during theatre restoration work. The top rail of the guardrails was not a stable surface which the ladder leaned on, and it was not secured or stabilized to prevent accidental displacement. On or about 11/12/2020.