{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-1910.22","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 1910.22","heading":"General requirements.","body":"(a) Surface conditions. The employer must ensure:\n(1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.\n(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.\n(3) Walking-working surfaces are maintained free of hazards such as sharp or protruding objects, loose boards, corrosion, leaks, spills, snow, and ice.\n(b) Loads. The employer must ensure that each walking-working surface can support the maximum intended load for that surface.\n(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.\n(d) Inspection, maintenance, and repair. The employer must ensure:\n(1) Walking-working surfaces are inspected, regularly and as necessary, and maintained in a safe condition;\n(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\n(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.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 1910—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS","Subpart D—Walking-Working Surfaces"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"bf306c5b8e134a06a67f581cea8d75fdbb296262e9e7e0b17d9f063e1b42c5fa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-1910.21","next":"us/29-cfr-1910.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}