Excavations · 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection
What is the hazard situation for Excavations · 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection?
For Excavations · 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection, hazard situation is Excavations; standard is 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection; trigger height is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth; required protection once triggered is guardrail systems, fences, or barricades when the excavations are not readily seen because of plant growth or other visual barrier; subpart is Subpart M —Fall Protection, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14.
(7) Excavations. (i) Each employee at the edge of an excavation 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, fences, or barricades when the excavations are not readily seen because of plant growth or other visual barrier; (ii) Each employee at the edge of a well, pit, shaft, and similar excavation 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, fences, barricades, or covers.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
- Hazard situation
- Excavations verified
- Standard
- 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection verified
- Trigger height
- 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth verified
- Required protection once triggered
- guardrail systems, fences, or barricades when the excavations are not readily seen because of plant growth or other visual barrier verified
- Subpart
- Subpart M —Fall Protection verified
- CFR paragraph
- 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(7) our reading
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Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-M/section-1926.501