platform-overhang-minimum
What is the paragraph citation for platform-overhang-minimum?
For platform-overhang-minimum, paragraph citation is 1926.451(b)(4); type of requirement is minimum overhang; value (imperial) is 6 inches; value (metric) is 15 cm; applies to is Each end of a platform, unless cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.
(4) Each end of a platform, unless cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, shall extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm).
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- Requirement ID
- platform-overhang-minimum our reading
- Paragraph citation
- 1926.451(b)(4) our reading
- Type of requirement
- minimum overhang our reading
- Value (imperial)
- 6 inches verified
- Value (metric)
- 15 cm verified
- Applies to
- Each end of a platform, unless cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means verified
- Regulation section heading
- Scaffold platform construction verified
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Where each value comes from
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Regulation section heading
(b) Scaffold platform construction.
— all from ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-L/section-1926.451