Skylights, Floor Holes, and Wall Openings
- Floor/Roof Openings: To protect employees on walking/working surfaces from falling through holes (including skylights) more than six feet above lower levels, install guardrails or place covers over the holes.
Falls in Construction: Floor Openings
- Guard floor openings that are 12 inches or more with a secured cover, a guardrail or equivalent on all sides (except at entrances to stairways).
- Wall openings: Use a guardrail system to protect employees working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where:
- the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is six feet or more above lower levels, and/or
- the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches above the walking/working surface from falling.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
2-5. You notice a second-story outside wall opening 8 feet above the ground. The bottom edge of the opening is 30 inches above the floor. What action should you take?
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