Look up OSHA's general scaffold fall-protection and guardrail thresholds under 29 CFR 1926.451 for a specific platform height.
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Steps
Fetch 29 CFR 1926.451(g) for the fall-protection trigger: employees more than 10 feet above a lower level must be protected by guardrails, personal fall-arrest systems, or both depending on scaffold type.
Check 1926.451(g)(4) for guardrail toprail height (38–45 inches above the platform).
Check 1926.451(g)(1)(vii)-(viii) type-specific rules for single/two-point adjustable suspended scaffolds, which require both fall arrest AND guardrails.
Pull the September 2, 1997 effective-date language on fall protection for erecting/dismantling scaffolds — competent person determines feasibility.
Cross-reference OSHA's Scaffolding eTool (osha.gov/etools/scaffolding/general-requirements) for plain-language summaries before quoting the CFR to a non-lawyer.
Known gotchas
The 10-foot trigger is measured to the 'lower level,' not floor-to-floor — confirm which reference plane applies on a stepped or terraced platform.
Erect/dismantle fall protection is a 'feasibility' standard, not absolute — don't state it as a flat requirement without the competent-person feasibility determination.
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