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

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.

- **Requirement ID:** platform-overhang-minimum _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(b)(4) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** minimum overhang _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** 6 inches _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Value (metric):** 15 cm _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** Each end of a platform, unless cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Scaffold platform construction _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (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).

## 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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