Tree branches, utility line conductors, cables, tower legs, cross bracing, and lattice work are considered lower levels by OSHA. This statement is:

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not specified
• D. Usually

Answer: (B)

OSHA defines a lower level as a surface at a lower elevation where a worker could fall to it, such as the ground or a lower platform. The items listed—tree branches, utility line conductors, cables, tower legs, cross bracing, and lattice work—are all part of elevated structures or components encountered at height. They are not themselves “lower levels”; rather, they represent higher-level elements that create fall hazards to whatever lies below. So describing them as lower levels misstates OSHA terminology. The correct understanding is that such elevated components require fall protection because a fall from them would reach the lower level below.