Standards for stairs

(1) Every flight of stairs having more than 4 risers shall be equipped with handrails and midrails halfway between the top of the handrail and the nose of the stair tread on all open sides of the stairways and, for a closed stairwell, there shall be a handrail on one side. 122 (2) Standard guardrails shall be installed where any open- sided floor, working platform, runway, walkway or balcony is more than 1 meter (3.3 feet) above grade or floor level.