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Standard Interpretations(Archived) - Standard Number

1926.500 - "Built-up" roofing work. - 03/21/1984
1926.500 - "Guarding of Floor Openings and Floor Holes" to floor openings of a limited depth. - 08/31/1989
1926.500 - 1926.500, Guardrails, handrails & guards. - 12/23/1973
1926.500 - A draft fall protection plan written in accordance with 1926.502. - 09/11/1995
1926.500 - Certain built-up roofing requirements. - 03/16/1981
1926.500 - Clarification of our standard railing requirements. - 04/10/1986
1926.500 - Clarification of residential construction and fall protection requirements. - 08/16/2001
1926.500 - Design criteria for a standard railing. - 03/20/1986
1926.500 - Failure of Wire Rope and Banding Steel Guardrails to provide Protection. - 03/31/1988
1926.500 - Fall protection is not required where there is no feasible means of providing it while working on vehicles or trailers. - 03/10/2004
1926.500 - Fall protection requirements for residential construction (STD 3-0.1A). - 08/10/2000
1926.500 - Fall protection requirements for roofing work in residential construction versus roofing work in other areas of construction. - 04/18/2002
1926.500 - Guarding Low-Pitched-Roof Perimeters. - 06/24/1981
1926.500 - Guarding of protruding steel rods. - 06/18/1991
1926.500 - Height limitations for using the alternate fall protection provision of STD 3-0.1A. - 07/03/2001
1926.500 - Perimeter Guarding Utilizing Wire Rope. - 09/14/1990
1926.500 - Portable ladders. - 04/02/1996
1926.500 - Railing required for opensided floor or platform 6 feet or more above the floor or ground level. - 09/18/1979
1926.500 - Required floor guarding for pouring concrete on metal decking. - 02/13/1986
1926.500 - Standard railing requirements. - 11/14/1985
1926.500 - Steel bands used as guardrails. - 07/28/1981
1926.500 - Strength criteria for guardrail and stairway systems. - 11/02/1984
1926.500 - Temporary planked or metal-decked floors. - 12/23/1976
1926.500 - Use of Steel Band in Guardrails. - 07/09/1979
1926.500 - Where a safety monitor may be used in lieu of a motion-stopping-safety system (MSS system) on construction sites. - 11/08/1988
1926.500(a)(3)(i) - Whether a manufacturer-stipulated minimum anchor point elevation of 18 feet precludes the use of a shock absorbing lanyard in an aerial lift. - 01/14/2009
1926.500(b) - Additional fall protection requirements for concrete trucks when work platforms are equipped with guardrails and toeboards. - 12/16/2003
1926.500(b) - Whether a manufacturer-stipulated minimum anchor point elevation of 18 feet precludes the use of a shock absorbing lanyard in an aerial lift. - 01/14/2009

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