Employees working at the perimeter of the open sides of formwork decking shall…

Filnamn: Employees working at the perimeter of the open sides of formwork decking shall be protected by a standard railing or the equivalent.

An OSHA interpretation letter from 1973 states that employees working at the perimeter of open sides of formwork decking must be protected by a standard railing or equivalent under 29 CFR 1926.500(d). It clarifies that this requirement does not apply where erecting a railing at the leading edge is impractical during decking construction.