Fed Regist. 2016 Nov 18;81(223):82494-3006.
OSHA is revising and updating its general industry standards on walking-working surfaces to prevent and reduce workplace slips, trips, and falls, as well as other injuries and fatalities associated with walking-working surface hazards. The final rule includes revised and new provisions addressing, for example, fixed ladders; rope descent systems; fall protection systems and criteria, including personal fall protection systems; and training on fall hazards and fall protection systems. In addition, the final rule adds requirements on the design, performance, and use of personal fall protection systems. The final rule increases consistency between the general industry and construction standards, which will make compliance easier for employers who conduct operations in both industry sectors. Similarly, the final rule updates requirements to reflect advances in technology and to make them consistent with more recent OSHA standards and national consensus standards. OSHA has also reorganized the requirements and incorporated plain language in order to make the final rule easier to understand and follow. The final rule also uses performance-based language whenever possible to give employers greater compliance flexibility.
美国职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）正在修订和更新其关于步行作业表面的一般行业标准，以预防和减少工作场所的滑倒、绊倒和跌倒，以及与步行作业表面危险相关的其他伤害和死亡。最终规则包括修订后的和新的规定，例如涉及固定梯子；绳索下降系统；坠落防护系统和标准，包括个人坠落防护系统；以及关于坠落危险和坠落防护系统的培训。此外，最终规则增加了对个人坠落防护系统的设计、性能和使用的要求。最终规则提高了一般行业标准和建筑标准之间的一致性，这将使在两个行业部门都开展业务的雇主更容易遵守规定。同样，最终规则更新了要求，以反映技术进步，并使其与OSHA的最新标准和国家共识标准保持一致。OSHA还对要求进行了重新组织，并采用了通俗易懂的语言，以使最终规则更易于理解和遵循。最终规则还尽可能使用基于性能的语言，以便为雇主提供更大的合规灵活性。
