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Slide 68

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  • Title: Fall Hazard
  • Type: Text and Image Slide
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Cada persona que trabaja sobre superficies de paso/de trabajo debe ser protegida de caídas a través de agujeros (incluyendo tragaluces) a más de 6 pies (1.8m) por encima de los niveles inferiores, por medio de sistemas personales de detención de caídas, cubiertas o sistemas de barandas construidas alrededor de dichos agujeros (1926.501(b)).

Esta escalera de lado expuesto puede ser protegida por un sistema de barandas (y sistema de pasamanos-1926-1052(c)).

[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.]

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