• Requirements for fall protection are found under 1926.501, 1926.502, and 1926.503.

Section 1926.501 has requirements for workplaces, conditions, operations, and circumstances where fall protection must be provided. In addition:

• Requirements for employees working on scaffolds are provided in Subpart L.
• Requirements for employees working on cranes and derricks are provided in Subpart CC.
• Requirements for employees performing steel erection work (except for towers and tanks) are provided in Subpart R.
• Requirements for employees working on certain types of equipment used in tunneling operations are provided in Subpart S.
• Requirements for employees engaged in the erection of tanks and communication and broadcast towers are provided in 1926.105.
• Requirements for employees working from aerial lifts or on poles, towers, or similar structures while engaged in the construction of electric transmission or distribution lines or equipment are provided in Subpart V.
• Requirements for employees working on stairways and ladders are provided in Subpart X.

Section 1926.502 sets the requirements for the installation, construction, and proper use of fall protection required by Part 1926, except as follows:

• Performance requirements for guardrail systems used on scaffolds and performance requirements for falling object protection used on scaffolds are provided in Subpart L.
• Performance requirements for stairways, stair rail systems, and handrails are provided in Subpart X.
• Additional performance requirements for fall arrest and work-positioning equipment are provided in Subpart V.
• Section 1926.502 does not apply to the erection of tanks and communication and broadcast towers. (Note: Section 1926.104 sets the criteria for body belts, lanyards and lifelines used for fall protection during tank and communication and broadcast tower erection.)
• Criteria for steps, handholds, ladders, and grabrails/guardrails/railings required by Subpart CC are provided in subpart CC. Sections 1926.502(a), (c) through (e), and (i) apply to activities covered under Subpart CC unless otherwise stated in subpart CC. No other paragraphs of 1926.502 apply to subpart CC.

Section 1926.503 sets requirements for training in the installation and use of fall protection systems, except in relation to steel erection activities, and the use of equipment covered by subpart CC.