scope:

This Practice provides design guidelines for typical OSHA-regulated fixed ladders and cages as specified and detailed for fabrication in PIP STF05501 for open structures, miscellaneous platforms, and vessels for regular operational access and egress. Typical detail drawings for design are provided that describe ladder and cage details, platform access configurations, support and guide connections, ladder location details, and ladder clearances for side step and step thru ladder types.

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