Walking-Working Surfaces (Slips, Trips, and Falls) Constitute the majority of general industry accidents. OSHA standards for walking and working surfaces apply to all permanent places of employment, except where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed. General Requirements Housekeeping ‘All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a sanitary condition «Every workroom floor shall be maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, a dry condition. Where wet processes are used, drainage shall be ‘maintained and gratings, mats, or raised platforms shall be provided. ‘+ Every floor, working place and passageway shall be kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose boards. Aisles and Passageways ‘Keep clear and in good repair with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard. ‘» Permanent aisles and passageways shall be ‘appropriately marked, ‘« Aisles shall be sufficiently wide where mechanical handling equipment is usedGeneral Requirements (cont'd) Covers and Guardrails Covers and/or guardrails shall be provided to protect personnel from the hazards of ‘open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, and the like. Floor Loading Protection Load rating limits shall be marked on plates, and conspicuously posted. No load shall be placed on any floor or roof of a building or other structure that is j greater than its load rating limit. Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes | Definitions Floot hole, An opening measuring ees than 12 inches but ‘more than 1 inch ts least cimensio, inary oor, platform, pavement or yar, through which materials but not persons may fal Floor opening. An opening measuring 12 inches or more in its Jeast dimension, in any for, platform, pavement, or yar, through which persons may fl Platform. A working space for persons, elevated above the ‘surrounding Noo: or round. Wall hole. An opening ess than 30 inches but more than 1 inch high, of unesticted with, in any wall or partton. | Wall opening. An opening atleast 30 inches high and 18 inches wide, in any wall or parton, though which persons may fal ‘Standard raling. Consists of top ral, mi ral, and posts, and shallhave a vetca height of 42 inches nominal fom the upper surface of top ral to for, plattom, runway, oF arp level Nominal height of mi rails 2 inches. ‘Standard toebeard, 4 inches nomial in vertical height, with ‘pot more than Yainch learanea above Rear levelGuarding Floor and Wall Openings | and Holes (cont'd) Protection for Floor Openings «Standard railings shall be provided on all ‘exposed sides of a stairway opening, except at the stairway entrance. Floor openings may be covered rather than ESSE EHEE EEE guarded with rails. When the floor opening cover is removed, a temporary guardrail shall be in piace, or an attendant shall be Esa eaEre aE SpE are eee stationed at the opening to warn personnel. «Every floor hole into which persons can ' accidentally walk shall be guarded by either: + Astandard railing with toeboard, or + A floor hole cover of standard strength and construction. While the cover is not in place, the floor hole shall be constantly attended by someone or shall be protected by a removable standard railing, Guarding Floor and Wall Openings | and Holes (cont'd) Protection of Open-Sided Floors, Platforms, and | Runways + Every open-sied flor or platform 4 feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level shall be guarded by 2 | Standard rang on all open sides, except where there is an enrance toa ramp, stairway, or fixed ladder. The Faling shall bo provided with a toeboard wheraver, beneath the open sides: a + Persons can pass, + There is moving machinery, 1 “There i equipment with which fling materials could SSS desc aeee sab seas create a hazard. + Every runway shall be guarded by @ stander railing. or the equivalent, on all sides 4 feet or more above oor or | ‘round love Wherever tools, machine parts, oF 1 materials are likely to be used on the runway, | toeboard shall also be provided on each exposed side. | + Regardless of height, open-sided fore, walkways, platforms, or runways above of adjacent to dangerous eae equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing uns, and similar hazards shall be guarded with @ ~ standard rang and toeboard