# handrail-minimum-clearance-from-objects — Every numeric dimensional tolerance and safety factor in OSHA's scaffold general requirements (29 CFR 1926.451)

For handrail-minimum-clearance-from-objects, paragraph citation is 1926.451(e)(4)(vi); type of requirement is minimum clearance; value (imperial) is 3 inches; value (metric) is 7.6 cm; applies to is Handrails, and toprails that are used as handrails, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Requirement ID:** handrail-minimum-clearance-from-objects _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(e)(4)(vi) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** minimum clearance _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** 3 inches _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Value (metric):** 7.6 cm _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** Handrails, and toprails that are used as handrails _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Access _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (vi) Handrails, and toprails that are used as handrails, shall be at least 3 inches (7.6 cm) from other objects.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Regulation section heading

> (e) Access.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-L/section-1926.451

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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