Slide 68
TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:
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Title: Fall Hazard
Type: Text and Image Slide
Content:
Each employee on walking/working surfaces shall be protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes (1926.501(b)(4)).
This open-sided stairwell opening can be protected by a guardrail system (and handrail system - 1926.1052(c)).
At the bottom left is slide number 68.
At the bottom right is OSHA's logo.
[Includes image of the inside of a constructed wood-framed home. This image is showing an open-sided stairwell opening with no guardrail system. The stairwell opening has a red circle around it with a line through the circle.]
Speaker Notes:
And, this open-sided stairwell opening must be protected.