Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations
Parts 12 to 28: Excavations, confined spaces, bins, access, construction structures, stairs and ladders, fire protection, explosives, demolition and powder-actuated tools – Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations

Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations P22-23: Stairs and ladders: temporary or permanent stairs once a building passes 7,315 mm, stair construction and load requirements, ladders provided where no other safe access exists, user inspection and placement duties, and specifications for wooden, step, fixed, extension and site ladders

What does P22-23 require?

Once work on a building has progressed above 7,315 mm the means of egress is by permanent or temporary stairs meeting Part 22: temporary stairs kept safe until permanent ones are in and at least 900 mm wide, skeleton steel stairs fitted with secured full-width wooden treads, permanent stairs installed as soon as conditions permit, stairs and landings designed for a 4.8 kPa live load with a safety factor of four, landings at most 3.7 m apart and the handrail, width and tread requirements of sections 22.5 and 22.6. The employer provides a ladder wherever workers must work at an elevated or sub-level area with no other safe recognised access and removes defective ladders from service. Ladder users set inclined portable ladders with the base no more than a quarter of the length out unless secured, inspect before use, report unsafe conditions and follow the use rules of sections 23.2 and 23.3. Wooden ladders are of good straight-grained lumber and not painted, step ladders are limited to 6,096 mm and built as section 23.5 requires, fixed ladders are securely fastened with a safety rail or cage beyond 6,096 mm, extension ladders have at most three sections and 18,288 mm fully extended, single-section ladders do not exceed 9,144 mm, and on construction sites the maximum ascent by ladder is 9,144 mm with double lines beyond that.

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