[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.22]

[Page 116-117]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                                OF LABOR

 
PART 1910_OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 
                   Subpart D_Walking-Working Surfaces

 
Sec. 1910.22  General requirements.


    This section applies to all permanent places of employment, except 

where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed. Measures 

for the control of toxic materials are considered to be outside the 

scope of this section.

    (a) Housekeeping. (1) All places of employment, passageways, 

storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a 

sanitary condition.

    (2) The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean and, 

so far as possible, a dry condition. Where wet processes are used, 

drainage shall be maintained, and false floors, platforms, mats, or 

other dry standing places should be provided where practicable.

    (3) To facilitate cleaning, every floor, working place, and 

passageway shall be kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, 

or loose boards.

    (b) Aisles and passageways. (1) Where mechanical handling equipment 

is used, sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for aisles, at 

loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be 

made. Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repairs, 

with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard.

    (2) Permanent aisles and passageways shall be appropriately marked.

    (c) Covers and guardrails. Covers and/or guardrails shall be 

provided to protect personnel from the hazards of open pits, tanks, 

vats, ditches, etc.



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    (d) Floor loading protection. (1) In every building or other 

structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial, 

or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official shall 

be marked on plates of approved design which shall be supplied and 

securely affixed by the owner of the building, or his duly authorized 

agent, in a conspicuous place in each space to which they relate. Such 

plates shall not be removed or defaced but, if lost, removed, or 

defaced, shall be replaced by the owner or his agent.

    (2) It shall be unlawful to place, or cause, or permit to be placed, 

on any floor or roof of a building or other structure a load greater 

than that for which such floor or roof is approved by the building 

official.