New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals
Subchapter A - The Industrial Code
Part 21 - Protection Of Persons Employed At Window Cleaning-structural Requirements, Equipment And Procedures
Section 21.8 - Working from boatswain's chairs
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Approval required over 75 feet. After October 1, 1967, a boatswain's chair which is suspended from a point with an elevation of more than 75 feet above the nearest street or ground surface shall be approved for the specific building and location where it is to be used to clean windows. Approval will not be considered unless other authorized means of cleaning the windows have been found impracticable or impossible due to the exterior features of the building.
(b) Suspended point height of 75 feet or less. A manually operated boatswain's chair which is suspended from a point with an elevation of 75 feet or less above the nearest street or ground surface is not required to be approved but shall conform to the following requirements:
Note: See section 23.30 of Industrial Code Part (Rule No.) 23.
(c) Powered boatswain's chairs. A powered boatswain's chair used for window cleaning shall be approved in respect to its hoisting machine and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in this section in subdivision (a) and paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) of subdivision (b).