29 C.F.R. § 1910.22

General requirements

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(a) Surface conditions. The employer must ensure:

(1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.

(2) The floor of each workroom is maintained in a clean and, to the extent feasible, in a dry condition. When wet processes are used, drainage must be maintained and, to the extent feasible, dry standing places, such as false floors, platforms, and mats must be provided.

(3) Walking-working surfaces are maintained free of hazards such as sharp or protruding objects, loose boards, corrosion, leaks, spills, snow, and ice.

(b) Loads. The employer must ensure that each walking-working surface can support the maximum intended load for that surface.

(c) Access and egress. The employer must provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces.

(d) Inspection, maintenance, and repair. The employer must ensure:

(1) Walking-working surfaces are inspected, regularly and as necessary, and maintained in a safe condition;

(2) Hazardous conditions on walking-working surfaces are corrected or repaired before an employee uses the walking-working surface again. If the correction or repair cannot be made immediately, the hazard must be guarded to prevent employees from using the walking-working surface until the hazard is corrected or repaired; and

(3) When any correction or repair involves the structural integrity of the walking-working surface, a qualified person performs or supervises the correction or repair.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 39 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor (1975) ca10 · cites it 10× “§ 654 (a)(2) by violating the standard of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (c) (1972). Jurisdiction is based on 29 U.”
General Electric Company v. Secretary of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (1978) ca3 · cites it 4× “At the hearing, ALJ Brennan granted the Secretary’s motion to amend the citation to charge, in the alternative, non-serious violations of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (c) and 29 C.F.R. § 1910.”
Brown v. Kroger Co. (2005) ncctapp · cites it 6× “Specifically, NCDL/DOSH cited Kroger for violation of 29 C.F.R. 1910.22, which provides as follows: This section applies to all permanent places of employment, except where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed.”
Supreme Beef Packers, Inc. v. Maddox (2002) texapp · cites it 2× “” See 29 C.F.R. 1910.22 (2001). 3. “The law forbids an employer from failing to provide adequate personal protective equipment necessary to do the work it requires employees to perform.”
Mayles v. Shoney's, Inc. (1990) wva · cites it 2× “The appellee's expert testified at trial that the following OSHA regulations had been violated: 1) 29 C.F.R. 1910.22 (1983), which requires work places be kept clean and sanitary; 2) 29 C.”
BUNGE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY OF LABOR and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Responden (1981) ca5 · cites it 2× “This facility was twice previously cited for violations of the OSHA housekeeping regulation, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (a)(1), one of the general standards.”
Johnson v. Kimberly Clark (1998) gactapp · cites it 2× “See 29 CFR § 1910.22 (a)(1) and (3), (b)(1). While the plaintiff was not an employee of Kimberly Clark under 29 USCS § 654, so that negligence per se would apply, if Kimberly Clark had actual or constructive knowledge (for purposes of OSHA) of the hazard, then Kimberly Clark…”
Ledbetter v. Missouri Pacific Railroad (1999) texapp · cites it 2× “” The only specific regulation contained in the excluded testimony is 29 CFR § 1910.22 (1998), which is *145 discussed in Anderson’s deposition.”
Barmet of Kentucky, Inc. v. Sallee (1980) kyctapp · cites it 3× “furnish to each of his employes employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employes and for its alleged violation of 29 CFR § 1910.22 (a)(2) 1 which reads as follows:…”
Commissioner of Labor & Industry v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (1996) md · cites it 2× “1975), the court said that "hazard, as such, need not be shown in order to show non-compliance with [ 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (c) requiring handrails to prevent the hazards of open pits].”
Williams v. United States (1995) ca4 “” 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (a)(2) (1992). Additionally, the contract demanded that Meridian have an engineer on duty twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week so that the United States would have a responsible party to contact.”
Frank Payne, Martha Payne v. United States (2004) ca2 “The appellants also seem to allege a violation of an OSHA regulation, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (c), which provides that "[clovers and/or guardrails shall be provided to protect personnel from the hazards of open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, etc.”
— 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22(a)(1) — 1 case
— 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22(a)(2) — 1 case
— 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22(a)(d) — 1 case
— 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22(b)(1) — 3 cases
Brown v. Kroger Co. (2005) ncctapp “Specifically, NCDL/DOSH cited Kroger for violation of 29 C.F.R. 1910.22, which provides as follows: This section applies to all permanent places of employment, except where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed.”
— 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22(c) — 2 cases
Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor (1975) ca10 “§ 654 (a)(2) by violating the standard of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 (c) (1972). Jurisdiction is based on 29 U.”
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