This safety standard prescribes minimum requirements
and recommendations for the construction, design,
installation, and use of job-made wooden ladders in order
to minimize personal injuries. This standard does not
cover portable manufactured or portable job-made ladders,
permanent fixed ladders, or mobile-equipment ladders.The purpose of this standard is to provide reasonable
safety for life and limb during any construction or
demolition operation where conditions are not practical
or permit the erection of temporary stairs or ramps.
This standard provides a guide for compliance with
minimum required specifications when job-made wooden
ladders are being constructed for temporary access on
construction and demolition operations.