# Perimeter safety cables · 1926.760 Fall protection — OSHA fall protection trigger height by standard

For Perimeter safety cables · 1926.760 Fall protection, hazard situation is Perimeter safety cables; standard is 1926.760 Fall protection; required protection once triggered is On multi-story structures, perimeter safety cables shall be installed at the final interior and exterior perimeters of the floors as soon as the metal decking has been installed; subpart is Subpart R —Steel Erection; cfr paragraph is 29 CFR 1926.760(a)(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Hazard situation:** Perimeter safety cables _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Standard:** 1926.760 Fall protection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required protection once triggered:** On multi-story structures, perimeter safety cables shall be installed at the final interior and exterior perimeters of the floors as soon as the metal decking has been installed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Subpart:** Subpart R —Steel Erection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** 29 CFR 1926.760(a)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) Perimeter safety cables. On multi-story structures, perimeter safety cables shall be installed at the final interior and exterior perimeters of the floors as soon as the metal decking has been installed.

## 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/).