# Wall openings · 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection — OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard

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.

- **Hazard situation:** Wall openings _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Standard:** 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Trigger height:** 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required protection once triggered:** a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Subpart:** Subpart M —Fall Protection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (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.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-M/section-1926.501

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2027-08-25.
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