# Connectors · 1926.760 Fall protection — OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard

For Connectors · 1926.760 Fall protection, hazard situation is Connectors; standard is 1926.760 Fall protection; trigger height is more than two stories or 30 feet (9.1 m) above a lower level, whichever is less; required protection once triggered is at heights over 15 and up to 30 feet above a lower level, with a personal fall arrest system, positioning device system or fall restraint system and wear the equipment necessary to be able to be tied off; subpart is Subpart R —Steel Erection, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Hazard situation:** Connectors _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Standard:** 1926.760 Fall protection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Trigger height:** more than two stories or 30 feet (9.1 m) above a lower level, whichever is less _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required protection once triggered:** at heights over 15 and up to 30 feet above a lower level, with a personal fall arrest system, positioning device system or fall restraint system and wear the equipment necessary to be able to be tied off _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Subpart:** Subpart R —Steel Erection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** 29 CFR 1926.760(b) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) Connectors. Each connector shall: (1) Be protected in accordance with <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1926.760#p-1926.760(a)(1)> paragraph (a)(1) of this section from fall hazards of more than two stories or 30 feet (9.1 m) above a lower level, whichever is less; (2) Have completed connector training in accordance with <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1926.761> § 1926.761 ; and (3) Be provided, at heights over 15 and up to 30 feet above a lower level, with a personal fall arrest system, positioning device system or fall restraint system and wear the equipment necessary to be able to be tied off; or be provided with other means of protection from fall hazards in accordance with <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1926.760#p-1926.760(a)(1)> paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-R/section-1926.760

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