# platform-overhang-maximum-10-feet-or-less — Every numeric dimensional tolerance and safety factor in OSHA's scaffold general requirements (29 CFR 1926.451)

For platform-overhang-maximum-10-feet-or-less, paragraph citation is 1926.451(b)(5)(i); type of requirement is maximum overhang; value (imperial) is 12 inches; value (metric) is 30 cm; applies to is Each end of a platform 10 feet or less in length, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Requirement ID:** platform-overhang-maximum-10-feet-or-less _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(b)(5)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** maximum overhang _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** 12 inches _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Value (metric):** 30 cm _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** Each end of a platform 10 feet or less in length _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Scaffold platform construction _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (i) Each end of a platform 10 feet or less in length shall not extend over its support more than 12 inches (30 cm) unless the platform is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.

## 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

> (b) Scaffold platform construction.

## 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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