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 21.9 - Working from scaffolds
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Compliance with Part (Rule No.) 23. Every scaffold used for cleaning by this method shall be designed, constructed, installed, operated and maintained in compliance with all relevant provisions of Part (Rule No.) 23, Protection of Persons Employed in Construction and Demolition Work, as amended, except as the board may otherwise provide in this Part (rule) or in a resolution of approval of a specific scaffold or type thereof.
(b) Maintenance and inspection requirements.
(c) Suspended scaffolds--75 feet or more. Every suspended scaffold so used including both manually or power operated types shall be approved if it is or is intended to be suspended from any point which has an elevation 75 feet or more above the nearest street or ground surface.
(d) Suspended scaffolds--not exceeding 75 feet; lifelines.
See section 23.30 of Industrial Code Part (Rule No.) 23