Fall protection requirements

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division ## 1910.30 Training requirements - (a) Fall hazards. - (1) Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart. Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017. - Note to 1910.30(a)(1): The above referenced date does not apply in Oregon. Instead, in accordance with OAR [redacted phone](7)(a), the Oregon delayed effective date is May 1, 2018. - (2) The employer must ensure that each employee is trained by a qualified person. - (3) The employer must train each employee in at least the following topics: - (i) The nature of the fall hazards in the work area and how to recognize them; - (ii) The procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards; - (iii) The correct procedures for installing, inspecting, operating, maintaining, and disassembling the personal fall protection systems that the employee uses; and - (iv) The correct use of personal fall protection systems and equipment specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, including, but not limited to, proper hook-up, anchoring, and tie-off techniques, and methods of equipment inspection and storage, as specified by the manufacturer. - (b) Equipment hazards. - (1) The employer must train each employee on or before May 17, 2017 in the proper care, inspection, storage, and use of equipment covered by this subpart before an employee uses the equipment. - Note to 1910.30(b)(1): The above referenced date does not apply in Oregon. Instead, in accordance with OAR [redacted phone](7)(b), the Oregon delayed effective date is May 1, 2018. - (2) The employer must train each employee who uses a dockboard to properly place and secure it to prevent unintentional movement. - (3) The employer must train each employee who uses a rope descent system in proper riggi…

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and protocols contained in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of Part II may be considered as complying with the provisions of (a) of this subsection provided that the criteria and protocols are modified appropriately to provide proper protection for such heavier weights. ## (5) Care and use . - (a) Snap-hooks, unless of a locking type designed and used to prevent disengagement from the following connections, must not be engaged: - (i) Directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; - (ii) To each other; - (iii) To a dee-ring to which another snap-hook or other connector is attached; - (iv) To a horizontal lifeline; or - (v) To any object which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snap-hook such that the connected object could depress the snap-hook keeper a sufficient amount to release itself. - (b) Devices used to connect to a horizontal lifeline which may become a vertical lifeline must be capable of locking in either direction on the lifeline. - (c) Personal fall arrest systems must be rigged such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level. - (d) The attachment point of the body harness must be located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head. - (e) When vertical lifelines are used, each employee must be provided with a separate lifeline. - (f) Personal fall arrest systems or components must be used only for employee fall protection. - (g) Personal fall arrest systems or components subjected to impact loading must be immediately removed from service and must not be used again for employee protection unless inspected and determined by a competent person to be undamaged and suitable for reuse. - (h) The employer must provide for prompt rescue of employees in…

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## 29 CFR 1926 (OSHA) Toeboard means a low protective barrier that will prevent the fall of materials and equipment to lower levels and provide protection from falls for personnel. Unprotected sides and edges means any side or edge (except at entrances to points of access) of a walking/working surface, e.g., floor, roof, ramp, or runway where there is no wall or guardrail system at least 39 inches (1.0 m) high. Walking/working surface means any surface, whether horizontal or vertical on which an employee walks or works, including, but not limited to, floors, roofs, ramps, bridges, runways, formwork and concrete reinforcing steel but not including ladders, vehicles, or trailers, on which employees must be located in order to perform their job duties. Warning line system means a barrier erected on a roof to warn employees that they are approaching an unprotected roof side or edge, and which designates an area in which roofing work may take place without the use of guardrail, body belt, or safety net systems to protect employees in the area. Work area means that portion of a walking/working surface where job duties are being performed. [59 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 9, 1994, as amended at 60 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 2, 1995; 66 FR 5265, Jan. 18, 2001; 75 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 9, 2010; 79 FR [redacted postal code], Apr. 11, 2014] ## §1926.501 Duty to have fall protection. - (a) General. (1) This section sets forth requirements for employers to provide fall protection systems. All fall protection required by this section shall conform to the criteria set forth in §1926.502 of this subpart. - (2) The employer shall determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the requisite strength and structural integrity. - (b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee …

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the CDZ from the leading edge back to the control line and shall have at least two attachments for each metal decking panel. - (xvi) Final deck attachments and installation of shear connectors shall not be performed in the CDZ. - (xvii) A current and accurate list of employees who are authorized to work in the CDZ shall be maintained at the site. Authorized employees shall further be separately identified such that non-authorized access to the CDZ can be immediately noted and promptly addressed. Employees not authorized to work in the CDZ shall not be permitted to enter the CDZ. - (C) Criteria for fall protection equipment. - (i) Guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, and their components shall conform to the criteria in 29 C.F.R. §1926.502 (see 29 C.F.R. 1926 Subpart R Appendix G. - (ii) Fall arrest system components shall be used in fall restraint systems and shall conform to the criteria in 29 C.F.R. §1926.502 (see 29 C.F.R. 1926 Subpart R Appendix G), except that the anchorages for a fall restraint system shall be capable of supporting at least 3,000 lbs (4.5 kN) per employee attached. Either body belts or body harnesses shall be used in fall restraint systems. - (iii) Perimeter safety cables shall meet the criteria for guardrail systems in 29 C.F.R. §1926.502 (see 29