# each employee engaged in a steel erection activity · 1926.760 Fall protection — OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard

For each employee engaged in a steel erection activity · 1926.760 Fall protection, hazard situation is each employee engaged in a steel erection activity; standard is 1926.760 Fall protection; trigger height is more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level; required protection once triggered is guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems; subpart is Subpart R —Steel Erection, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Hazard situation:** each employee engaged in a steel erection activity _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Standard:** 1926.760 Fall protection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Trigger height:** more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required protection once triggered:** guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Subpart:** Subpart R —Steel Erection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** 29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (1) Except as provided by <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1926.760#p-1926.760(a)(3)> paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.

## 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.
Part of [OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard](https://referencesource.org/osha-fall-protection-trigger-height-by-standard/).