This responds to your june 1 1999 letter to the occupational safety and health administration osha requesting information on wire rope and crosby clips used around the perimeter of buildings as a guardrail.
Cable guardrail system osha.
When guardrail systems are used at hoisting areas a chain gate or removable guardrail section shall be placed across the access opening between guardrail sections when hoisting operations are not taking place.
Osha 1910 29 b contains system requirements that employers must follow to ensure guardrail systems will protect workers from falling to lower levels.
Construction sites with vertical drops of 6 feet or more may use a guardrail system instead of other osha approved safety measures.
Ladderway floor openings are specifically mentioned.
1926 502 b 11 when guardrail systems are used at holes they shall be erected on all unprotected sides or edges of the hole.
For any area with a floor or wall opening such as a stairway or access hole a standard railing is required on the exposed side of the structure.
1926 760 d 2 fall arrest system components shall be used in fall restraint systems and shall conform to the criteria in 1926 502 see appendix g.
1910 29 b 1 the top edge height of top rails or equivalent guardrail system members are 42 inches 107 cm plus or minus 3 inches 8 cm above the walking working surface.