Employers must provide the right equipment employers must provide fall protection and the right equipment for the.
Osha standards for roof hatches and head clearance.
These letters provide guidance to clarify the application of an established osha standard policy or procedure but they may not in themselves establish or revise osha policy or procedure or interpret the osh act.
Lifts outdoor signs roof hatches and similar heights osha standards for walking working surfaces apply to all permanent places of employment except where only domestic mining or agricultural work is performed walking working surfaces are addressed in specific standards for the general industry.
Two osha standards can apply 29 cfr 1910 which governs general industry safety standards and 29 cfr 1926 which governs construction sites specifically the osha general industry standards exclude construction as well as agriculture and marine industries which.
Osha clearance requirements say that employees must have at least 6 feet 3 inches headroom above work spaces above switchboards panel boards motor control centers and service equipment.
Low slope roof 4 12 slope or less 29 cfr 1926 501 b 10.
Grab bars not required at hatch exits.
1910 23 open roof hatches should be protected.
Osha safety standards especially for roof fall protection can be a source of confusion for many industrial companies.