Interior Roof Access Ladder Code

Check with your local building department for any changes that go above and beyond the osha standard.

Interior roof access ladder code.

The regulations say that if a fixed ladder is taller than 20 feet you are required to have a cage which meets all the requirements of 29 cfr 1910 27 d. Grab bars are individual handholds placed adjacent to or as an extension above ladders for the purpose of providing access beyond the limits of the ladder. Per osha 1910 23 d 4 the side rails of through or sidestep ladders must extend 42 inches above the top of the access level or landing platform served by the ladder. To protect the worker exiting a ladder osha requires a 42 inch high grab bar extension above the access level or landing platform at the top of the ladder.

If the parapet is continuous the access level is the top of the parapet. A fixed ladder is a ladder permanently attached to a structure building or equipment. 1910 23 d 12 i for through ladders not less than 7 inches 18 cm and not more than 12 inches 30 cm to the nearest edge of the structure building or equipment accessed from the ladders. Side rails of through or side step fixed ladders must extend 42 inches 1 1 m above the top level or landing platform served by the ladder.

Ladders referred to in this code shall be construed to be fixed ladders. The requirement for a cage comes when you have a fixed ladder longer than 20 feet. Here are the basics of the requirements. Following osha standard strictly could leave you and your company with a liability should an accident occur.

So arranged as.