1926.451(e) Access. This paragraph applies to scaffold access for all employees.
1926.451(e)(1) 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Cross braces shall not be used as a means of access.
HAZARD: Employees exposed to scaffold tipping/fall/death hazards.
ABATEMENT: Install a ladder of some type to access the scaffold platforms when the platforms are two feet or more above a point of access. Cross braces MUST not be used as a means of access.
