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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 460 · clause 460 · NLR 5/12

PART XXII ACCESS AND EGRESS — Stairs

460

(1) A flight of stairs with more than 4 risers shall be equipped with handrails as follows:

460(a)

on all open sides of stairway;

460(b)

on one side of an enclosed stairway 1.12 metres in width; and

460(c)

on both sides of enclosed stairways over 1.12 metres wide.

460(2)

The height of the upper surface of a stair rail from and perpendicular to the forward edge of the tread shall be not less than 91.44 centimetres and not more than 1.07 metres.

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