# employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds · 1926.451 General requirements — OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard

For employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds · 1926.451 General requirements, hazard situation is employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds; standard is 1926.451 General requirements; required protection once triggered is Employers are required to provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard; subpart is Subpart L —Scaffolds; cfr paragraph is 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Hazard situation:** employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Standard:** 1926.451 General requirements _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required protection once triggered:** Employers are required to provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Subpart:** Subpart L —Scaffolds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) Effective September 2, 1997, the employer shall have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds. Employers are required to provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard.

## 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/).