scope:

This Practice provides requirements for designers, fabricators, and installers of pipe railing. This Practice provides fabrication and installation details for standard pipe railing for walking and working surfaces and for stair railing or handrail for egress. Although the details in this Practice are intended to meet U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for process facilities, they may not meet the requirements of local or national building codes.

Comment: As of the effective date of January 17, 2017, this Practice is no longer fully compliant with new OSHA Regulations 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D - Walking-Working Surfaces that were published on November 18, 2016. This Practice will need to be supplemented or modified by the user to be in full compliance with the new OSHA regulations until the complete revision of this Practice incorporating the changes is published by PIP.