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13. OSHA REGULATIONS FOR CHUTES
From OSHA Regulations (Standards – 29 CFR)
Part 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
These are the OSHA regulations for chutes:
Subpart H - Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal
1926.252 - Disposal of waste materials
(partial copy)
(a) Whenever materials are dropped more than 20 feet to any point lying outside the exterior walls of the
building, an enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, shall be used. For the purpose of this
paragraph, an enclosed chute is a slide, closed in on all sides, through which material is moved from a
high place to a lower one.
Subpart T - Demolition
1926.852
- Chutes (complete copy)
(a) No material shall be dropped to any point lying outside the exterior walls of the structure unless the area
is effectively protected.
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(b) All materials chutes, or sections thereof, at any angle of more than 45 degrees from the horizontal, shall
be entirely enclosed, except for openings equipped with closures at or about floor level for the insertion
of materials. The openings shall not exceed 48 inches (122 cm) in height measured along the wall of the
chute. At all stories below the top floor, such openings shall be kept closed when not in use.
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(c) A substantial gate shall be installed in each chute at or near the discharge end. A competent employee
shall be assigned to control the operation of the gate, and the backing and loading of trucks.
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(d) When operations are not in progress, the area surrounding the discharge end of a chute shall be securely
closed off.
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(e) Any chute opening, into which workmen dump debris, shall be protected by a substantial guardrail
approximately 42 inches (107 cm) above the floor or other surface on which the men stand to dump the
material. Any space between the chute and the edge of openings in the floors through which it passes
shall be solidly covered over.
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(f) Where the material is dumped from mechanical equipment or wheelbarrows, a securely attached toeboard
or bumper, not less than 4 inches (10 cm) thick and 6 inches (15 cm) high, shall be provided at each chute
opening.
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(g) Chutes shall be designed and constructed of such strength as to eliminate failure due to impact of
materials or debris loaded therein.