{"id":"7c7996c3-3fb0-49ef-9087-c125abaf2539","task":"Apply OSHA's feasibility exception for fall protection during scaffold erection and dismantling under 1926.451(g)(2)","domain":"osha.gov","steps":["Have a competent person evaluate, before erection or dismantling begins, whether fall protection installation and use is feasible and would not create a greater hazard","Where feasible, provide the required fall protection (guardrails or personal fall arrest) to erectors/dismantlers per the type-specific 1926.451(g)(1) criteria","Where infeasible, have the competent person determine and document a safe means of access instead, based on site conditions and scaffold type","Reference Non-Mandatory Appendix B for OSHA's criteria on determining feasibility case by case","Reassess the feasibility determination as erection or dismantling progresses and conditions change, for example once enough structure exists to tie off"],"gotchas":["The feasibility exception is not a blanket waiver — it requires a documented, scaffold-specific, stage-specific competent-person determination, not a standing company policy","As erection progresses, tie-off points may become available; an earlier 'infeasible' determination can expire mid-task and must be reassessed rather than treated as fixed for the whole job"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T14:00:52.669Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/7c7996c3-3fb0-49ef-9087-c125abaf2539"}