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

For walkway-guardrail-maximum-distance, paragraph citation is 1926.451(g)(1)(v); type of requirement is maximum distance; value (imperial) is 91⁄2 inches; value (metric) is 24.1 cm; applies to is Each employee on a walkway located within a scaffold, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Requirement ID:** walkway-guardrail-maximum-distance _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(g)(1)(v) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** maximum distance _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** 91⁄2 inches _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Value (metric):** 24.1 cm _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** Each employee on a walkway located within a scaffold _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Fall protection _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (v) Each employee on a walkway located within a scaffold shall be protected by a guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity) installed within 91⁄2 inches (24.1 cm) of and along at least one side of the walkway.

## 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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