---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1910.22"
title: "29"
number: "1910.22"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1910.22"
---

# §1910.22. General requirements.

- (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

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), and 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 82981, Nov. 18, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754); 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), 08-2020 (85 FR 58393), or 07-2025 (90 FR 27878); 29 CFR part 1911; and 5 U.S.C. 553, as applicable.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 23072, May 28, 1975.