Size Does Matter

SACRAMENTO -- A reader, responding to COR's Oct. 10 article about Cal/OSHA's proposed fall protection standard for residential construction (p. 8078), forwarded the following list of trigger heights above which fall protection is required. When it comes to fall protection requirements in California, it "depends on what you're doing," he said.Fall Protection Heights above which guardrails or personal fall arrest systems must be installed, per Cal/OSHA regulations:* 30 inches - Unenclosed elevated