[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.22]

[Page 120]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1910--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D--Walking-Working Surfaces
 
Sec. 1910.22  General requirements.

    This section applies to all permanent places of employment, except 
where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed. Measures 
for the control of toxic materials are considered to be outside the 
scope of this section.
    (a) Housekeeping. (1) All places of employment, passageways, 
storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a 
sanitary condition.
    (2) The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean and, 
so far as possible, a dry condition. Where wet processes are used, 
drainage shall be maintained, and false floors, platforms, mats, or 
other dry standing places should be provided where practicable.
    (3) To facilitate cleaning, every floor, working place, and 
passageway shall be kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, 
or loose boards.
    (b) Aisles and passageways. (1) Where mechanical handling equipment 
is used, sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for aisles, at 
loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be 
made. Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repairs, 
with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard.
    (2) Permanent aisles and passageways shall be appropriately marked.
    (c) Covers and guardrails. Covers and/or guardrails shall be 
provided to protect personnel from the hazards of open pits, tanks, 
vats, ditches, etc.
    (d) Floor loading protection. (1) In every building or other 
structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial, 
or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official shall 
be marked on plates of approved design which shall be supplied and 
securely affixed by the owner of the building, or his duly authorized 
agent, in a conspicuous place in each space to which they relate. Such 
plates shall not be removed or defaced but, if lost, removed, or 
defaced, shall be replaced by the owner or his agent.
    (2) It shall be unlawful to place, or cause, or permit to be placed, 
on any floor or roof of a building or other structure a load greater 
than that for which such floor or roof is approved by the building 
official.