ALI A14 Standards Set

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This set includes:

• A14.1-2007
  This Standard prescribes rules and establishes minimum requirements for the construction, testing, care, and use of the common types of portable wood ladders described herein in order to ensure safety under normal conditions of usage. A14.1 also prescribes the rules and minimum requirements for labeling.
• A14.2-2007
  This standard prescribes rules and establishes minimum requirements for the construction, testing, care, and use of portable metal ladders of various types including, but not limited to, portable extension, step, trestle, sectional, combination, single, and platform laddres. A14.2 also prescribes rules and minimum requirements for labelling.

  This standard now includes items covered in A14.10.

• A14.3-2008
  This standard prescribes minimum requirements for the
  design, construction, and use of fixed ladders, and sets
  forth requirements for cages, wells, and ladder safety
  systems used with fixed ladders, in order to minimize
  personal injuries. All parts and appurtenances necessary
  for a safe and efficient ladder shall be considered integral
  parts of the design.
• A14.4-2009
  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.

• A14.5-2007
  This Standard prescribes the rules governing the safe construction of portable reinforced plastic ladders of various types including, but not limited to, step stools, portable extension, step, trestle, sectional combination, single, and platform ladders. A14.5 also prescribes rules and minimum requirements for labeling.

  The purpose of this standard is to provide reasonable
  safety for life, limb, and property. In order to develop
  an effective safety program, the standard may serve also
  as a basis for purchase requirements and for instructions
  in personnel training, and in the preparation of motivational/
  instructional material such as safety practices,
  manuals, posters, and the like.

  This standard is also intended to provide the manufacturer,
  purchaser, and user of reinforced plastic ladders
  with a set of performance and dimensional requirements
  against which this product may be compared. It is not
  the purpose of this standard to specify all the details of
  construction of portable reinforced plastic ladders. The
  limitations imposed are for the purpose of providing
  adequate general requirements and testing methods
  needed for consistency.

• A14.7-2006
  This standard prescribes rules and requirements governing
  the proper design, construction, testing, care, use,
  and maintenance of mobile ladder stands and mobile
  ladder stand platforms including labeling /marking of
  these units.

  It excludes special purpose units that do not meet the
  general requirements of this standard.

  This standard establishes requirements to be met for
  the design, construction, testing, care, maintenance and
  use of mobile ladder stands and mobile ladder stand
  platforms.

  In order for users to develop effective operating
  procedures, this standard may also serve as a basis
  for instructing and training personnel in proper equipment
  use.

  It is not the purpose of this standard to specify all the
  details of construction of mobile ladder stands and
  mobile ladder stand platforms. The limitations imposed
  are for the purpose of providing adequate general
  requirements and test methods.

• A14.9-2010
  This standard prescribes rules concerning the safe
  design, construction, testing, care, installation and use
  of permanently installed metal or wood, disappearing
  attic stairways of various types designed to be used for
  access to upper levels such as attics. Household units
  with duty ratings of 250, 300 and 350 lbs., or commercial
  units with a rating of 500 lbs. are the only units covered
  in this standard. This standard is not intended to apply
  to any attic stairway covered in any other ANSI A14
  standards, or disappearing attic stairways intended for
  use with ceiling heights in excess of 12 feet. This standard
  also prescribes rules and minimum requirements for
  installation instructions and labeling of disappearing
  attic stairways in order to promote safety under normal
  conditions of usage.

  This standard is not intended to cover requirements for
  fire separation that may be required by various building
  codes. It does not apply where training, supervision, or
  established safety procedures are in conflict with, or
  serve in lieu of, this standard.
  The purpose of this document is to help provide safety
  for life, limb, and property by establishing standards
  for the design and installation of permanently installed
  disappearing attic stairways.

  It is not the purpose of this standard to specify all the
  details of construction of disappearing attic stairways.
  The limitations imposed are for the purpose of providing
  adequate general methods and testing.