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Maximum height before a stair is needed

Maximum height before a stair is needed

Maximum height before a stair is needed

(OP)
I have a situation where there is a interior elevation difference of 0'-8 1/4" from one platform to the next. My boss is wanting me to verify what the OSHA requirement is for maximum height allowed before a stair/step of some sort is needed. I can't seem to find it can anyone help me?

RE: Maximum height before a stair is needed

Tonya1966:
You said and your boss said OSHA, and SRE’s citation is from OSHA also. This applies to employer/employee/work place situations, where periodic maintenance and the like are taking place. This does not apply (would not likely apply) where frequent people traffic occurs, and does not apply to critical ingress and egress locations, where many people are involved. This would also not apply where real public foot traffic occurs.

RE: Maximum height before a stair is needed

(OP)
Thank y'all for your answers. I din't think that I would need a step there.

RE: Maximum height before a stair is needed

Paint the leading edge safety yellow and post a "watch your step" sign". bigsmile
Dave

Thaidavid

RE: Maximum height before a stair is needed

8 1/4" is with the range for a single step in stair to begin with, see: https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_docu....

It's unlikely that someone would want an 7.5" riser followed by a 3/4" step; that's definitely an accident waiting to happen

The issue, of course, is that OSHA stairway requirements are scattered in a number of differing and sometimes contradictory requirements. Note that different workplaces have their own OSHA paragraphs on similar subjects, such as https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_docu... which requires a maximum riser height of 7.5 inches, but appears to be specific to marine terminals. So, the OP needs to determine which particular section of OSHA covers this particular workplace.

TTFN (ta ta for now)
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RE: Maximum height before a stair is needed

What I have learned from industrial clients is that, sometimes, safety yellow can fix anything! :D

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