# wire-rope-clip-minimum-spacing — Every numeric dimensional tolerance and safety factor in OSHA's scaffold general requirements (29 CFR 1926.451)

For wire-rope-clip-minimum-spacing, paragraph citation is 1926.451(d)(12)(i); type of requirement is minimum spacing; value (imperial) is a minimum of 6 rope diameters apart; applies to is wire rope clips are used on suspension scaffolds; regulation section heading is Criteria for suspension scaffolds, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-14.

- **Requirement ID:** wire-rope-clip-minimum-spacing _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Paragraph citation:** 1926.451(d)(12)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of requirement:** minimum spacing _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value (imperial):** a minimum of 6 rope diameters apart _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** wire rope clips are used on suspension scaffolds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section heading:** Criteria for suspension scaffolds _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> (12) When wire rope clips are used on suspension scaffolds: (i) There shall be a minimum of 3 wire rope clips installed, with the clips a minimum of 6 rope diameters apart;

## 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

> (d) Criteria for suspension scaffolds.

## 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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