# midrail-minimum-strength-100-pound-systems — Every numeric dimensional tolerance and safety factor in OSHA's scaffold general requirements (29 CFR 1926.451)

For midrail-minimum-strength-100-pound-systems, paragraph citation is 1926.451(g)(4)(ix); type of requirement is minimum strength; value (imperial) is 75 pounds; value (metric) is 333 n; applies to is guardrail systems with a minimum 100 pound toprail capacity, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Requirement ID:** midrail-minimum-strength-100-pound-systems _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(g)(4)(ix) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** minimum strength _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** 75 pounds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Value (metric):** 333 n _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** guardrail systems with a minimum 100 pound toprail capacity _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Fall protection _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (ix) Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, and equivalent structural members of a guardrail system shall be capable of withstanding, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along the midrail or other member of at least 75 pounds (333 n) for guardrail systems with a minimum 100 pound toprail capacity, and at least 150 pounds (666 n) for guardrail systems with a minimum 200 pound toprail capacity.

## 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

> (g) Fall protection.

## 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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