scope:

This standard prescribes rules and established minimum requirements for the construction, testing, care, and use of the common types of portable wood ladders described herein in order to ensure safety under normal conditions of usage. It does not cover step stools (furniture type), except ladder-type step stools, nor does it cover ladder accessories, including, but not limited to, ladder shoes, ladder levelers, ladder stabilizers or stand-off devices, ladder jacks, or ladder straps and hooks, that may be installed on or used in conjunction with ladders.

These requirements are also intended to prescribe rules and minimum criteria for labelinglmarking of the kinds of portable ladders cited in this standard but exclusive of furniture type step stools and special purpose ladders. These labelinglmarking requirements do not apply to those situations where user's training, supervision, or documented safety procedures would duplicate, exceed or be in conflict with the labelindmarking requirements.

intended Use: