--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | stair rail description: stair rail | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA proposes to correct and clarify handrail and stair rail requirements](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-to-correct-and-clarify-handrail-and-stair-rail-requirements) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Jun 15, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/modern-steel-handrail-stairs-interior-house.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-to-correct-and-clarify-handrail-and-stair-rail-requirements)   The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing several corrections to handrail and stair rail requirements it adopted in 2017 as part of major revisions to its Walking-Working Surfaces Standard (I wrote about those revisions [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-walking-climbing-and-fall-protection-standards-part-i-surfaces-and-pathways-between-levels) and [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-walking-climbing-and-fall-protection-standards-part-2-protective-systems-and-training)). The present proposal identifies several typographical errors and ambiguities in the 2017 revision, which OSHA states have led to confusion and questions from employers around the country. The proposal would create a transition period for employers that made plausible interpretations of the provisions to be corrected. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-to-correct-and-clarify-handrail-and-stair-rail-requirements) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-to-correct-and-clarify-handrail-and-stair-rail-requirements#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [handrail](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/handrail), [stair rail](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/stair-rail) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved