![]() ![]() We use this bench to reach ceiling heights typically to install board, ceiling grid and tape joints. Attached to this letter please find a catalog cut of an Aluminum Folding Bench manufactured by Wal-board Tools.We are a dry wall and acoustical ceiling contractor. Please respond in writing to the following questions regarding applicable OSHA regulations. 20210, although there will be a delay in our receiving correspondence by mail. ![]() You can also contact us by mail at the above office, Room N3468, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Department of Labor, OSHA, Directorate of Construction, Office of Construction Standards and Guidance, fax # 20. If you need any additional information, please contact us by fax at: U.S. However, OSHA considers the situation afforded by rebar walls as similar to fixed ladders and therefore, rebar installers may move point to point without being tied off at heights below feet. Accordingly, a positioning device is insufficient to afford protection when they are moving from point to point, and other means of protection (such as a lifeline or work platform) must be provided. This includes when employees are moving from point to point. With regard to working on formwork please be advised that employees must be protected at all times on form work where the fall distance is six feet or more. With regard to the new fall protection regulation addressing low pitch roofs, please be advised that a warning line meeting the requirements of 1926.502(f) would be required. Mobile scaffolds must be moved in accordance with the provisions of 1926.451(e) and shall not be "pulled along." End rails may be used for access if they have been designed for such purpose. With regard to Baker-type scaffolds, please be advised that fall protection must be provided when the platform level is 10 feet or more above the floor. It should be stressed that where standard guardrails are used to protect employees working near an edge, the height of the guardrails may have to be raised if stilts are to be used. In addition, OSHA has no plans to prohibit them. With regard to stilts, please be advised that OSHA regulations do not prohibit their use. OSHA would consider this bench to be a scaffold and therefore would require the general requirements contained in. With regard to the acceptability of the aluminum folding bench, please be advised that OSHA's regulations do not specifically address this type of equipment. I apologize for the delay ofthis response. Dale Cavanaugh on Decemrequesting interpretations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) new fall protection standards and of OSHA's standards for scaffolds used during dry wall work. This is in response to your letter faxed to Mr. ![]()
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