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Fixed Ladder Safety: Summarizing OSHA Requirements

Serap Gorucu, , and


Release Date: 4/7/2022

Reviewed At: 3/12/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae570-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication summarizes the parts of the OSHA Standard 1910.23 and 1910.28 that apply to fixed ladders. Written by Serap Gorucu, Charles Brown, and Carol Lehtola, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, April 2022.

About this Publication

This document is AE570, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date April 2022. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Gorucu, S., Brown, C., & Lehtola, C. (2022). Fixed Ladder Safety: Summarizing OSHA Requirements. EDIS, 2022(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae570-2022

Authors

Serap Gorucu
Serap Gorucu
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, risk analysis, safety, and health of agricultural systems, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Charles Brown
Charles Brown

writer/editor, research communications, University of Florida Transportation Institute Florida Transportation Technology Transfer Center (UFTI-T2), UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Gainesville, FL

Carol Lehtola
Carol Lehtola

former associate professor and Extension agricultural safety specialist, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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