{"id":"49d66f94-38e3-454e-acb3-81a4dfbfc2ec","task":"Determine whether a designated worker meets OSHA's 'competent person' bar for scaffold work under 29 CFR 1926 Subpart L.","domain":"osha.gov","steps":["Pull the definition at 29 CFR 1926.450(b) via the eCFR or osha.gov standard text: capable of identifying existing/predictable hazards and authorized to take prompt corrective measures.","Cross-check OSHA's 2005-06-17 standard interpretation letter, which stresses that course completion alone does not establish competent-person status.","Confirm the person also meets the training-content requirements of 1926.454 (hazard recognition specific to the scaffold type in use).","Verify the employer has documented that this person has the authority to stop work/order corrective action on site.","Flag that competency is situational — a person competent for one scaffold type/configuration is not automatically competent for another."],"gotchas":["No OSHA-issued card or third-party certificate legally confers 'competent person' status by itself — it's an employer designation plus demonstrated capability and authority.","1926.450(b) is definitional; the operative duty language sits in 1926.451(f)(3) (inspection) and 1926.454 (training) — cite the right subsection for the right claim."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/49d66f94-38e3-454e-acb3-81a4dfbfc2ec"}