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On Aug, 21, 2009, OSHA found workers exposed to 26-foot falls from a makeshift work platform comprised of a fiberglass extension ladder laid horizontally atop a pump jack scaffold.

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In addition, work sites didn’t have working fire extinguishers, ladders were not being used safely and there were pump jack scaffold poles not up to code, OHSA said.

The inspection presented a “lack of hard hats, eye protection, and fire extinguishers, non-compliant pump jack scaffold poles, and unsafe ladder use,” to add to the fall risks.

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