Please tell me at what height is fall protection required in osha 1910

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# Personal Protective Equipment I Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules AO 2-2023 Division 2 (22) Personal fall protection systems must be worn with the attachment point of the body harness located in the center of the employee's back near shoulder level. The attachment point may be located in the pre-sternal position if the free fall distance is limited to 2 feet (0.6 m) or less. - Note to 1910.140(c)(22): In Oregon, the performance, care, and use criteria for travel restraint systems (personal fall restraint) is in OAR [redacted phone](5)(b) in Division 2/1. (d) Personal fall arrest systems (1) System performance criteria. In addition to the general requirements in paragraph (c) of this section, the employer must ensure that personal fall arrest systems: (i) Limit the maximum arresting force on the employee to 1,800 pounds (8 kN); (ii) Bring the employee to a complete stop and limit the maximum deceleration distance the employee travels to 3.5 feet (1.1 m); (iii) Have sufficient strength to withstand twice the potential impact energy of the employee free falling a distance of 6 feet (1.8 m), or the free fall distance permitted by the system; and (iv) Sustain the employee within the system/strap configuration without making contact with the employee's neck and chin area. (v) If the personal fall arrest system meets the criteria and protocols in appendix D of this subpart, and is being used by an employee having a combined body and tool weight of less than 310 pounds (140 kg), the system is considered to be in compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (iii) of this section. If the system is used by an employee having a combined body and tool weight of 310 pounds (140kg) or more and the employer has appropriately modified the criteria and protocols in appendix D, then the system will be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (iii). (2) Syst…

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# Occupational Safety and Health Administration (cont.) ## 1910.28(b)(3)(iv) (cont.) Each employee 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above dangerous equipment must be protected from falling by: - 1910.28(b)(6)(ii)(A) - Guardrail systems; 1910.28(b)(6)(ii)(B) Safety net systems; - 1910.28(b)(6)(ii)(C) - Travel restraint systems; or - 1910.28(b)(6)(ii)(D) - Personal fall arrest systems. - 1910.28(b)(7) Openings. The employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface near an opening, including one with a chute attached, where the inside bottom edge of the opening is less than 39 inches (99 cm) above that walking-working surface and the outside bottom edge of the opening is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by the use of: - 1910.28(b)(7)(i) - Guardrail systems; - 1910.28(b)(7)(ii) - Safety net systems; - 1910.28(b)(7)(iii) - Travel restraint systems; or, - 1910.28(b)(7)(iv) - Personal fall arrest systems. - 1910.28(b)(8) Repair pits, service pits, and assembly pits less than 10 feet in depth. The use of a fall protection system is not required for a repair pit, service pit, or assembly pit that is less than 10 feet (3 m) deep, provided the employer: 1910.28(b)(8)(i) Submit Feedback

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# Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection (cont.) Fall protection systems and falling object protection - criteria and practices D Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules Division 2 ## 1910.29 Fall protection systems and falling object protection - criteria and practices (a) General requirements. The employer must: (1) Ensure each fall protection system and falling object protection, other than personal fall protection systems, that this part requires meets the requirements in this section. The employer must ensure each personal fall protection system meets the requirements in subpart I of this part; and (2) Provide and install all fall protection systems and falling object protection this subpart requires, and comply with the other requirements in this subpart before any employee begins work that necessitates fall or falling object protection. (b) Guardrail systems. The employer must ensure guardrail systems meet the following requirements: (1) The top edge height of top rails, or equivalent guardrail system members, are 42 inches (107 cm), plus or minus 3 inches (8 cm), above the walking-working surface. The top edge height may exceed 45 inches (114 cm), provided the guardrail system meets all other criteria of paragraph (b) of this section (see Figure D-11 of this section). POST POST 42 IN (+3 IN) (107 CM +8 CM) WALKING- MID RAIL: WORKING SURFACE INTERMEDIATE POST TOP RAIL VERTICAL MEMBER 42 IN (+3 IN) (107 CM +8 CM) 19 IN (48 CM) MAX Figure D-11 - Guard Rail Systems 1910.29 (a) D 49 1910.29 (b)(1)

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# Occupational Safety and Health Administration (cont.) ## 1910.28(a)(2)(ii). (cont.) inspections, investigations, or assessments; - 1910.28(a)(2)(iii) To fall hazards presented by the exposed perimeters of entertainment stages and the exposed perimeters of rail-station platforms; - 1910.28(a)(2)(iv) To powered platforms covered by $ 1910.66(j); 1910.28(a)(2)(v) To aerial lifts covered by $ 1910.67(c)(2)(v); 1910.28(a)(2)(vi) To telecommunications work covered by $ 1910.268(n)(7) and (8); and - 1910.28(a)(2)(vii) To electric power generation, transmission, and distribution work covered by $ 1910.269(g)(2) (i). - 1910.28(b) - Protection from fall hazards - - 1910.28(b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. 1910.28(b)(1)(i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following: - 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(A) - Guardrail systems; - 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(B) - Safety net systems; or - 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(C) Personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning Submit Feedback