When employees are exposed to falling objects, according to 1910.28, the employer must protect them by implementing one or more of the following:
- Erecting toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems to prevent objects from falling to a lower level;
- Erecting canopy structures and keeping potential falling objects far enough from an edge, hole, or opening to prevent them from falling to a lower level; or
- Barricading the area into which objects could fall, prohibiting employees from entering the barricaded area, and keeping objects far enough from an edge or opening to prevent them from falling to a lower level.