For purposes of this subpart a scaffold does not include a crane suspended or derrick suspended personnel platform or a rope descent system.
Elevated work platform osha.
But sinc e january 2017 when osha completely rewrote the standard 1910 subpart d.
Osha requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces five feet in shipyards six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in.
Walking working surfaces the standard that serves as the authority on work platform compliance it s been nearly impossible to get a straight answer on what our fall protection needs to have to comply.
Scaffold means any temporary elevated or suspended platform and its supporting structure including anchorage points used to support employees equipment materials and other items.
Osha requirements for work platforms have always been horribly complex.
This is in reply to your memorandum of march 14 1988 concerning protection of employees when suspended form elevated work platforms.
29 cfr 1910 28 is generally inapplicable to elevated platforms suspended form cranes or derricks because such platforms are not scaffolds within the scope of the osha standard nor of the source standard ansi a10 8 1969.