I am willing to be wrong, but in the last 18 years I have never heard that feet can be more than 6' off the ground on a ladder without being tied off to the structure.
If I am wrong, I would love to have the documentation to fight this issue when necessary. Thanks, Greg On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Douglas Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: > How do you tie off a ladder, it you cannot climb the ladder until it is > tied off? > > -----Original Message----- From: BJ Newlin > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:25 AM > > To: > sprinklerforum@lists.**firesprinkler.org<[email protected]> > Subject: OSHA Tie off requrements > > Hey everyone, > > We have a general contractor's safety consultant requiring us to tie off if > our feet are more than 6'-0" above the ground when we are working off of a > step ladder (our fitters feet are at 8'-0" off the ground on a 10' ladder). > My recollection is this isn't an OSHA requirement, as they assert, but more > of a general contractors requirement, at least as it relates to step > ladders. Does anyone know for sure one way or another if this specifically > required by OSHA and where I could find that text? > > Thank you in advance! > > BJ Newlin > > [email protected] > > mobile: 913.208.1714 > phone: 913.432.6688 > fax: 913.432.5294 > > The secret of Change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the > old, > but on building the new. > — Socrates > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.**firesprinkler.org<[email protected]> > http://lists.firesprinkler.**org/listinfo.cgi/** > sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.**org<http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org> > ______________________________**_________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.**firesprinkler.org<[email protected]> > http://lists.firesprinkler.**org/listinfo.cgi/** > sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.**org<http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org> > -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
