Construction (29 CFR 1926) · Subpart T: Demolition
OSHA 1926.851: Stairs, passageways, and ladders
29 CFR 1926.851 is titled "Stairs, passageways, and ladders". It is part of Subpart T (Demolition) of the construction standards.
It has no paragraph that is mainly about training, but our talks cite it for what it requires on the job.
Official source: eCFR, 29 CFR 1926.851
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Full text: 29 CFR 1926.851
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(a) Only those stairways, passageways, and ladders, designated as means of access to the structure of a building, shall be used. Other access ways shall be entirely closed at all times.
(b) All stairs, passageways, ladders and incidental equipment thereto, which are covered by this section, shall be periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe condition.
(c) In a multistory building, when a stairwell is being used, it shall be properly illuminated by either natural or artificial means, and completely and substantially covered over at a point not less than two floors below the floor on which work is being performed, and access to the floor where the work is in progress shall be through a properly lighted, protected, and separate passageway.