[SML] OSHA question

[Bill Conner]

Thanks but pretty sure not a building or fire code. Should be somewhere in
OSHA for means of egress, and certainly a rescue issue. I'd still like to
know but opted for roof access and reentry for this  remote machine room.

Bill Conner ASTC
On Dec 3, 2014 9:21 PM, "Dale Farmer via Stagecraft" <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> On 12/3/2014 10:54 AM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft wrote:
>
>> Looking for a minimum size permitted by OSHA for a floor opening for
>> access to equipment.  Best I can find is a ladder clearance -
>> basically 30" x 30" plus 7" behind rungs, but desperately looking for
>> a way to not have to cut and relocate major structural framing in an
>> existing building, to permit 23" clear.
>>
>>  I would think this is more of a local building code issue than an OSHA
> issue.    Basically, if someone needs to be down there working on the
> thing, the access and exits available, among other things, will determine
> if it qualifies as a confined space in code-speak, which triggers all sorts
> of additional requirements if it is.
>
>
>   --Dale
>
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