<div dir="ltr">The IBC and LSC which are most widely used in the US permit non-standard rail spacing on lighting catwalks (and a few other places for entertainment technology). My standard is for 22" clear between top of toe board and bottom of lower rail, and 22" between top of lower rail and bottom of upper rail. (I used to do 30" when 8" ERSs were more common.) This may not be enough to satisfy OSHA requirements for fall protection. <div><div><br></div><div>I believe it's very important to not require people to lean out to focus and service the gear. It's much safer if both feet are flat and your body balanced over the catwalk deck.<br><div><br></div><div>I attach a page from a presentation I did at TEAC 2010 that shows a design that does provide fall protection, and sounds like what someone had in mind but didn't really know what they were doing would not work well.</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 1:58 PM Ross via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Here is a question for those of you who have renovated or built new theatre
spaces. The local school district has just built a new high school with a
state of the art theatre space. In touring the space I see that somewhere
along the lines someone put chain link fence along the catwalk railing. Is
that a safety feature that being included in new construction or just some
random bright idea? I would try to look up the building codes but I am not
sure where to look, (that and trying to read them make my eyes glaze
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<div>The reason I am asking because when adjusting light on Cat #2 you have to
lay on the floor & stick one are under the fence to adjust said light, OR
one person grabs the belt of a second person as they lean over the railing,
(& pray they say in their pants). </div>
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<div>I should point out that at this time I do not have a formal contract with
the school for anything. I just help out on productions as asked. That is
the reason I do not ask any of the construction guys finishing up the
project. </div>
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