# ramp-walkway-cleat-maximum-spacing — Every numeric dimensional tolerance and safety factor in OSHA's scaffold general requirements (29 CFR 1926.451)

For ramp-walkway-cleat-maximum-spacing, paragraph citation is 1926.451(e)(5)(iii); type of requirement is maximum spacing; value (imperial) is fourteen (14) inches; value (metric) is 35 cm; applies to is the slope of a ramp or a walkway is steeper than one (1) vertical in eight (8) horizontal, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Requirement ID:** ramp-walkway-cleat-maximum-spacing _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(e)(5)(iii) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** maximum spacing _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** fourteen (14) inches _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Value (metric):** 35 cm _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** the slope of a ramp or a walkway is steeper than one (1) vertical in eight (8) horizontal _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Access _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (iii) If the slope of a ramp or a walkway is steeper than one (1) vertical in eight (8) horizontal, the ramp or walkway shall have cleats not more than fourteen (14) inches (35 cm) apart which are securely fastened to the planks to provide footing.

## 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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