Wall openings · 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection
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For Wall openings · 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection, hazard situation is Wall openings; standard is 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection; trigger height is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels; required protection once triggered is a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system; subpart is Subpart M —Fall Protection, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14.
(14) Wall openings. Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, shall be protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
- Hazard situation
- Wall openings verified
- Standard
- 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection verified
- Trigger height
- 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels verified
- Required protection once triggered
- a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system verified
- Subpart
- Subpart M —Fall Protection verified
- CFR paragraph
- 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14) 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