Ohio Admin. Code 4123:1-17-07 - Miscellaneous provisions
Window jacks and all other platform devices fastened to window
sills shall be used only when the window cleaner is provided with a safety belt
or a safety harness,
and
with a lifeline, in
compliance with rule
4123:1-17-06 of the
Administrative Code, and when anchors are
available.
Where the distance between anchors is more than six feet (1.8 meters), a wire rope or corrosive resistant chain shall be provided on such windows to be used as a back support for the window cleaner.
Window cleaners shall not be
required to step from window to window on the outside of the
building.
When a safety belt or a safety
harness is required in window cleaning, no window cleaner shall
be required to work on a window if any
anchor is found to be loose, insecure, or
missing.
Each extension tool shall be equipped with a locking device
which shall prevent
prevents accidental detachment of the window cleaning
tool. The overall length of a tool with extensions shall not exceed six feet
(1.8 meters) when used from any working position
above the ground or alternatively above an unobstructed
set back
setback level having an outer balustrade or wall
extending no less than forty-two inches (106.7
centimeters) above the set back
setback level.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.13, Const. Art. II, Section 35
Rule Amplifies: 4121.13
Prior Effective Dates: 04/01/1964, 01/01/1983, 12/01/2004
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