# Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level · 1926.451 General requirements — OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard For Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level · 1926.451 General requirements, hazard situation is Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level; standard is 1926.451 General requirements; trigger height is more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level; required protection once triggered is shall be protected from falling to that lower level; subpart is Subpart L —Scaffolds, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14. - **Hazard situation:** Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Standard:** 1926.451 General requirements _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Trigger height:** more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Required protection once triggered:** shall be protected from falling to that lower level _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Subpart:** Subpart L —Scaffolds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **CFR paragraph:** 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ ## What the source says > (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers. ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-L/section-1926.451 Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2027-08-25. Part of [OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard](https://referencesource.org/osha-fall-protection-trigger-height-by-standard/).