Design criteria for a standard railing.

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March 20, 1986

Mr. Thomas P. Brantley
Project Engineers
Bradenton Wastewater Treatment
Plant & Improvements
Post Office Box 70
Bradenton, Florida 33506

Dear Mr. Brantley:

This is in response to your letter of March 5, requesting a clarification of our design criteria for a standard railing as required in 29 CFR 1926.500(f)(1)(iii) through (vi). Your letter addressed to Mr. Allan E. Martin was forwarded to this office of response. This also confirms your telephone conversation with a member of my staff on March 13.

Strength criteria for guardrail and stairway systems.

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November 2, 1984

Hubert L. Moore, P.E.
Post Office Box 1048
Valdosta, Georgia 31601

Dear Mr. Moore:

This is in response to your letter of October 11, 1984, concerning the strength criteria for guardrail and stairway systems. This also confirms your telephone conversation on October 18, 1984 with a member of my staff, Mr. Simms.

Request for approval of guardrail system.

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March 24, 1993

Mr. Brian Byrne
Garlock Equipment Company
2601 Niagara Lane
Minneapolis, MN 55447

Dear Mr. Byrne:

This is in response to your March 2 letter requesting Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approval for your guardrail system composed of ten-foot sections.

"Built-up" roofing work.

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March 21, 1984

Mr. Frank G. Goldenberg
Erection Department
Montague-Betts Company
Post Office Box 11929
1619 Wythe Road
Lynchburg, Virginia 24506

Dear Mr. Goldenberg:

This is in response to your letter of March 5, concerning the application of 29 CFR 1916.500(d)(1) in view of two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions and an Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission decision.

Required floor guarding for pouring concrete on metal decking.

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February 13, 1986

Mr. Steve Bloemker
Chief Safety Officer
Hawkins Construction Company
Post Office Box 9008
Station C
Omaha, Nebraska 68109

Dear Mr. Bloemker:

This is an update to our interim response of January 22 to your letter of December 31, 1985, concerning an October 1985 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection at one of your job sites. We have received a report from our Kansas City Regional Office on this subject.

Where a safety monitor may be used in lieu of a motion-stopping-safety system (MSS system) on construction sites.

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November 8, 1988

Railing required for opensided floor or platform 6 feet or more above the floor or ground level.

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September 18, 1979

Mr. John F. Perry
Springer & Perry
Attorneys At Law
Suite 2300
301 Fifth Avenue Building
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

Dear Mr. Perry:

This is in response to your recent inquiry requesting clarification of OSHA's position in the application of 29 CFR 1926.500(d)(1).

Guarding Low-Pitched-Roof Perimeters.

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June 24, 1981

"Guarding of Floor Openings and Floor Holes" to floor openings of a limited depth.

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August 31, 1989

 

Portable ladders.

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April 2, 1996

J. Nigel Ellis, Ph.D., CSP, P.E., CPE
President
Dynamic Scientific Controls
P.O. Box 445
Wilmington, DE 19899-0445

Dear Dr. Ellis:

This is in response to your letter of January 28, in which you requested several interpretations relative to portable ladders. Your questions and the relevant responses for general industry and construction are: Is it true that:

[Question #1:] Portable ladders are any ladders which are transportable by any means not just physical carrying?