Elevated Work Platform Osha

Osha requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces five feet in shipyards six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in.

Elevated work platform osha. Unless otherwise provided in this section aerial devices aerial lifts acquired on or after july 1 1975 shall be designed and constructed in conformance with the applicable requirements of the american national standard for vehicle mounted elevating and rotating work platforms ansi a92 2 1969 including appendix which is incorporated by reference as specified in 1910 6. Scaffold means any temporary elevated or suspended platform and its supporting structure including anchorage points used to support employees equipment materials and other items. Employers must set up the work place to prevent employees from falling off of overhead platforms elevated work stations or into holes in the floor and walls. Osha requirements for work platforms have always been horribly complex.

This is in reply to your memorandum of march 14 1988 concerning protection of employees when suspended form elevated work platforms. Walking working surfaces the standard that serves as the authority on work platform compliance it s been nearly impossible to get a straight answer on what our fall protection needs to have to comply. For purposes of this subpart a scaffold does not include a crane suspended or derrick suspended personnel platform or a rope descent system.