Ship stairs are very steep stairs used to access tight spaces. OSHA defines a Ship stair ship ladder as a stairway that is equipped with treads, stair rails, and open risers, and has a slope that is between 50 and 70 degrees from the horizontal.
OSHA defines a Spiral stair as a series of treads attached to a vertical pole in a winding fashion, usually within a cylindrical space.
Tread depths vary considerably between stair types. Research shows that having adequate tread depth is a major safety factor of stairways.
You can see the difference tread depth makes when descending an alternating tread stair with 8. OSHA does not state specifically a maximum riser height for alternating tread stairs. For treads and riser of alternating tread stairs, OSHA requires that alternating tread stairs have a series of treads installed at a slope of 50 to 70 degrees from the horizontal and that they have a minimum tread depth of 8. If tread depth is less than 9. The risers shall be sufficient to provide a headroom clearance of 78 inches mm minimum.
You can see from the chart that the minimum tread depth and maximum riser heights vary greatly between different stair types. The tread and riser height dimensions depend on the standard stair angle. Generally, steeper angled stairs, like ship stairs or ships ladders , have less tread depth because as a stair gets steeper, the tread above becomes an obstacle to the tread below. OSHA introduced it's own minimums for tread depth and riser height in the update to walking-working surfaces.
Based on the stair codes and safety research, we recommend designing stairs to maximize stair tread depth as much as possible. For applications without space-restrictions, choose standard stairs with as close as possible to 11" tread depth.
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This article provides building code specifications, sketches, photographs, and examples of the proper stair step height or stair riser dimensions and other stair riser requirements for indoor or outdoor stairways.
We compare the code requirements for closed riser and open riser stairs and we include other basic stair tread and riser dimensions.
Basic stair riser height dimensions required for safe stairs. Different dimensions for open versus closed riser stairways. We also discuss the allowable variation in stair or step riser height between individual steps in a stairway. Sketch at page top courtesy Carson Dunlop Associates. Because more people are injured by trips and falls than other hazards, experts have looked closely at the specifications for stairs, steps, and rails to reduce the falling hazards.
This work has been translated into stair and railing specifications that are similar among codes and countries but not identical. A stair riser marked in yellow in our photo is the vertical distance between the walking surface of two stair treads treads are what you step on - also referred to as the stair riser or riser height.
Stair riser height measurement - The riser height shall be measured vertically between the leading edges of adjacent treads. Don't confuse step riser height defined above with stairway headroom - the vertical space between the walking surface of a stair tread and the ceiling or other obstruction overhead.
The stair tread or run is the horizontal walking surface red arrow in our photo above of an individual step. It should be no less than 10". The stair tread depth, also referred to as the step "run" or horizontal distance in the direction of travel, is measured from the forward edge of the step nose or edge of the step above out to the leading edge of the step being measured - the space beneath my foot in the photo shown above.
Closed riser stairs demonstrated at left by the author's granddaughter Quinn Morgan Gilligan include a vertical riser board that enclose the space between the stair treads or walking surfaces.
In the photo our yellow arrow points to the step riser and the white arrow points to the stair tread. The photo includes an unsafe bottom stair riser that is significantly different in height than the rest of the risers in that entry. If the vertical space is enclosed see our Carson Dunlop sketch at the top of this page , the enclosing board is called the stair riser. The trip and fall hazard caused by stairs whose steps are uneven in height rise has been known probably for thousands of years as one discovers it promptly when using uneven-rise stairs without paying close attention to the step height.
While most false-step stair hazards are constructed in error, in some structures stair builders deliberately created a so-called false-step as a security measure against intruders. This beautiful stairway is in the old central Post Office building in Mexico City. The marble stair treads are a bit slippery and there is no handrailing along the lower rounded steps, but the tread dimensions are correct and comfortable.
Closed riser stairs include a board or other solid material that encloses the vertical space between stair treads. If the vertical space between stair treads is open see our photo at left the space is still a stair riser, but it's an "open riser". Or simply put, open riser stairs have no enclosure my toe, shown above would be facing into open space.
Open riser stairs shown at right in the sketch above do not include a solid board or other material that fully encloses the open space between stair treads. A proper staircase design includes sizing the correct step height standard for maximum safety.
This must take into account local building codes as well as any physical limitations of the people who will be using it. The stair riser is the vertical piece at the back of each tread which sets the height between one step and the next. Be sure not to confuse riser heights with headroom heights or the total height of the stair itself.
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