Osha Floor Opening Guarding

Guarding of floor openings and floor holes to floor openings of a limited depth.

Osha floor opening guarding. Guarding floor and wall openings and holes osha standard 1910 23 3 a hinged floor opening cover of standard strength and construction equipped with standard railings or permanently attached so as to leave only one exposed side. One of the first ways to protect against floor opening hazards is to build floors or place temporary flooring below each level of work. Osha under the general industry standard 29 cfr 1910 23. Severe storm and flood recovery assistance.

See fr 2 10 84 for paragraphs affected by revocation. 800 321 6742 osha tty. Workers should know about floor openings guarding and covers and understand and use the fall protection appropriate to their worksites and job duties. When the opening is not in use the cover must be closed or the exposed side guarded at both top and intermediate.

Department of labor occupational safety health administration. 29 cfr 1910 212 a 1. Some examples of this are barrier guards light curtains two hand operating devices etc. A written detailed safety program is a critical foundation for any company s safety efforts and our safety consultants can help you put a cost effective program into place.

Sections of bilges from which floor plates or gratings have been removed shall be guarded by guardrails except where they would interfere with work in progress. It applies to classrooms with permanent and temporary floor holes and openings greater than 1 inch in its least dimension floor drains manholes hatchways ladder openings or pits. Español spanish related pages. This is in response to your request for an interpretation of 29 cfr 1926 500 b 1 regarding the application of this standard to floor openings and floor holes of a limited depth.

200 constitution ave nw. Personal fall arrest system means a system used to arrest an employee in a fall from a walking working. The purpose of machine guarding is to protect the machine operator and other employees in the work area from hazards created by ingoing nip points rotating parts flying chips and sparks. Opening means a gap or open space in a wall partition vertical walkingworking surface or similar surface that is at least 30 inches 76 cm high and at least 18 inches 46 cm wide through which an employee can fall to a lower level.

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