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Walking-Working Surfaces
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 6, 2026. Comments closed on June 5, 2026.
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What the agency says
This proposed rule removes a deadline in OSHA's Walking- Working Surfaces standard by which all fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level must be equipped with personal fall arrest systems or ladder safety systems. Additionally, OSHA is seeking comment on repealing or revising the requirement that employers use personal fall arrest systems on all fixed ladders over 24 feet tall and instead permitting employers to continue to use ladder cages or wells.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-06578
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Labor Department; Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Published
- April 6, 2026
- Comments due
- June 5, 2026
- Dates
- Comments and other information, including requests for a hearing, must be received on or before June 5, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. OSHA-2025-0072
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1218-AD73
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 1910
- Topics
- Occupational safety and health
- Pages
- 6
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