California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 14 - Petroleum Safety Orders-Drilling and Production
Article 18 - Standard Type Derricks
Section 6565 - Ladderway Openings in Platforms
Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 6565
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) (G-2, G-3) Openings in platforms to permit the passage of men climbing the derrick ladder shall be provided as follows:
(1) The width of the openings
parallel to the ladder width shall be at least twenty-two inches (22") but not
more than thirty inches (30"). The ladder shall be placed midway along the
width of the opening.
(2) The
openings shall be clear and unobstructed to a distance of at least twenty
inches (20") outward from the front of the ladder rungs or steps.
(3) There shall be a clearance of at least
twenty inches (20") between platform railings and toeboards and the ladder
rungs or steps.
(4) Exception:
Platforms installed on G-2 derricks before June 13, 1952, and not having the
clearances required in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, will be
allowed a two inch (2") minus tolerance.
1. New NOTE filed 5-8-95; operative 6-7-95 (Register 95, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
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