Fall harness inspection

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## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 S-15.1 REG 10 - (b) is constructed of: - (i) nylon, polyester or polypropylene rope or webbing; or - (ii) wire rope that is equipped with an approved shock absorbing device; - (c) is equipped with suitable snap hooks; and - (d) is approved and maintained. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s7-19. ## Workers' responsibilities re lifelines, etc. - 7-20 (1) Before using a lifeline or lanyard, a worker shall ensure that the lifeline or lanyard: - (a) is free of imperfections, knots and splices, other than end terminations; - (b) is protected by padding where the lifeline or lanyard passes over sharp edges; and - (c) is protected from heat, flame or abrasive or corrosive materials during use. - (2) Before using a vertical lifeline, a worker shall ensure that: - (a) the lower end extends to the ground or to a safe landing; and - (b) the lifeline is protected at the lower end to ensure that the line cannot be fouled by any equipment. - (3) Before using a full-body harness, a worker shall ensure that the full-body harness: - (a) is properly adjusted to fit the worker securely; and - (b) subject to subsection 18-9(5), is attached by means of a connecting linkage to a fixed anchor or a lifeline. - (4) A worker who uses a full-body harness and connecting linkage shall ensure that the connecting linkage is attached to a personal fall arrest system, lifeline or a fixed anchor. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s7-20. ## Inspection of full body harness, etc. - 7-21 (1) If the use of a connecting linkage, personal fall arrest system, full-body harness or lifeline is required by these regulations, an employer or contractor shall ensure that a competent person: - (a) inspects the connecting linkage, personal fall arrest system, full-body harness or lifeline: - (i) as recommended by the manufacturer; and - (ii) after the connecting linkage, personal fall arrest system, full-body harness or lifeline has sustained a fall-arresting incident; …

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules - (4) Caution statements on critical use limitations; - (5) Limits of the system; - (6) Proper hook-up, anchoring and tie-off techniques, including the proper D-ring or other attachment point to use on the body harness; - (7) Proper climbing techniques; - (8) Methods of inspection, use, cleaning, and storage; and - (9) Specific lifelines that may be used. - (g) Inspection considerations. Personal fall protection systems must be inspected before initial use in each work shift. Any component with damage, such as a cut, tear, abrasion, mold, or evidence of undue stretching, an alteration or addition that might affect its effectiveness, damage due to deterioration, fire, acid, or other corrosive damage, distorted hooks or faulty hook springs, tongues that are unfitted to the shoulder of buckles, loose or damaged mountings, nonfunctioning parts, or wear, or internal deterioration must be removed from service immediately, and should be tagged or marked as unusable, or destroyed. Any personal fall protection system, including components, subjected to impact loading must be removed from service immediately and not used until a competent person inspects the system and determines that it is not damaged and is safe to use for personal fall protection. - (h) Rescue considerations. As required by 1910.140(c)(21), when personal fall arrest systems are used, special consideration must be given to rescuing an employee promptly should a fall occur. The availability of rescue personnel, ladders, or other rescue equipment needs to be evaluated since there may be instances in which employees cannot self-rescue (e.g., employee unconscious or seriously injured). In some situations, equipment allowing employees to rescue themselves after the fall has been arrested may be desirable, such as devices that have descent capability. - (i) Tie-off considerations. Employers and employees should at all times be aware that…

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## S-15.1 REG 10 ## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 - (2) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a worker inspects the connecting linkage, personal fall arrest system, full-body harness or lifeline before each use and that if a defect or unsafe condition that may create a hazard to a worker is identified in a connecting linkage, personal fall arrest system, full-body harness or lifeline: - (a) steps are taken immediately to protect the health and safety of any worker who may be at risk until the defect is repaired or the unsafe condition is corrected; and - (b) as soon as is reasonably practicable, the defect is repaired or the unsafe condition is corrected. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s7-21. ## Protection against drowning - 7-22 (1) In this section: - 'buoyant apparatus' means a device that is capable of supporting the weight in water of a worker and that is constructed to: - (a) remain stable when floating on either side; - (b) have no projections that would prevent the buoyant apparatus from sliding easily over the side of a boat or ship; and - (c) require no adjustment before use; 'life jacket' means an approved device that is capable of keeping a worker's head above water in a face-up position without effort by the worker; - 'personal flotation device' means an approved device that is capable of keeping a worker's head above water without effort by the worker, and includes a device that is designed to protect a worker against hypothermia. - (2) If a worker is required to work at a place from which the worker could fall and drown, and the worker is not protected by a guardrail, an employer or contractor shall: - (a) provide the worker with a life jacket and ensure that the worker uses it, and ensure that the rescue equipment and personnel described in subsection (3) are readily available; - (b) provide the worker with a full-body harness and lifeline and ensure that the worker uses them; or - (c) ensure that a net is installed that is…

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## Full body harness - 142 (1) An employer must ensure that - (a) a full body harness manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 is approved to - (i) CSA Standard Z259.10-18, Full body harnesses , - (ii) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , or - (iii) CEN Standard EN 361:2007, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height - Full body harnesses , ## and - (b) a worker using a personal fall arrest system wears and uses a full body harness. - 142 (2) A worker using a personal fall arrest system must wear and use a full body harness. AR 191/2021 s142;242/2022 ## Body belt - 142.1 An employer must ensure that - (a) a body belt manufactured on or after July 1, 2009 is approved to - (i) CSA Standard Z259.1-05, Body belts and saddles for work positioning and travel restraint , - (ii) ANSI/ASSE Standard A10.32-2004, Fall Protection Systems - American National Standard for Construction and Demolition Operations , or - (iii) CEN Standard EN 358: 2000, Personal protective equipment for work positioning and prevention of falls from a height - Belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards , and - (b) a worker uses a body belt only as part of a travel restraint system or as part of a fall restrict system. ## Lanyard 142.2 (1) An employer must ensure that a lanyard manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 is approved to - (a) CSA Standard Z259.11-17, Personal energy absorbers and lanyards , - (b) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , or - (c) CEN Standard EN 354:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Lanyards . 142.2 (2) An employer must ensure that a lanyard used by a worker is made of wire rope or other material appropriate to the hazard if a tool or corrosive agent that could sever, abrade or burn a lanyard is used in the work area.

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## Accessory equipment ## Safety equipment Read the pages at the beginning of the manual. An independant safety line must be used by each person working on the scaffold. Each person must wear an approved safety harness equipped with a lanyard connected to a rope grab device. Full body harness is recommended because of its ability to withstand greater shock without injury. ## Independent safety line If the scaffold has a fixed roof or if using multi-level scaffolds, an independent safety line must be attached to the scaffold hoist units. Each person should wear a safety harness with a lanyard connected to a trolley line. Secure trolley line to the chain guard at each work basket. <!-- image --> - 1. Rig a 5/16-in. wire rope the length of the complete travel of the scaffold at the same place as the suspension line. Do not rig to the same rigging as the suspension line. - 2. Attach the Secondary Safety Line Bracket Assembly (008478-1) to the transfer chain area (the steel guard bracket below the top wire rope guide assembly) of the Spider hoist unit per the instructions provided with the assembly. ## Harness - · Inspect the harness material. Hold the belt in an inverted 'U' with the body side toward the body and hands 6-in. apart. Inspect the entire length, looking for frayed edges, broken fibers, pulled stitches, cuts, or chemical damage. Broken strands appear as tufts on the webbing surface. Broken, cut or burned stitches are easily seen. - · Inspect buckles and D-rings. Make sure both are firmly attached to the belt. Rivets should be tight and rigid and bases and burrs should be flat against the material. Bent rivets will fail under stress. Inspect condition of Dring rivets and metal wear pads. Discolored, split, or cracked rivets indicate chemical corrosion. Buckle tongues should be undamaged, overlap the buckle frame, and move freely back and forth. The roller - should turn freely on the frame. Look for sharp edges. On friction buckles, make sure outer and…

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- (d) that clearance distances below the work area, if applicable, have been confirmed as sufficient to prevent a worker from striking the ground or an object or level below the work area, - (e) the procedures used to assemble, maintain, inspect, use and disassemble the fall protection system, where applicable, and - (f) the rescue procedures to be used if a worker falls and is suspended by a personal fall arrest system or safety net and needs to be rescued. - 140 (3) The employer must ensure that the fall protection plan is available at the work site and is reviewed with workers before work with a risk of falling begins. - 140 (4) The employer must ensure that the plan is updated when conditions affecting fall protection change. ## Instruction of workers 141 (1) An employer must ensure that a worker is trained in the safe use of the fall protection system before allowing the worker to work in an area where a fall protection system must be used. - 141 (2) The training referred to in subsection (1) must include the following: - (a) a review of current Alberta legislation pertaining to fall protection; - (b) an understanding of what a fall protection plan is; - (c) fall protection methods a worker is required to use at a work site; - (d) identification of fall hazards; - (e) assessment and selection of specific anchors that the worker may use; - (f) instructions for the correct use of connecting hardware; - (g) information about the effect of a fall on the human body, including - (i) maximum arresting force, - (ii) the purpose of shock and energy absorbers, - (iii) swing fall, and - (iv) free fall; - (h) pre-use inspection; - (i) emergency response procedures to be used at the work site, if necessary; - (j) practice in - (i) inspecting, fitting, adjusting and connecting fall protection systems and components, and - (ii) emergency response procedures. 141 (3) In addition to the training described in subsection (2), an employer must ensure that a worker is made awar…

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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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## Worker's personal logbook 827 (1) A worker performing industrial rope access work must have a personal logbook containing a record of the industrial rope access work performed by that worker. 827 (2) Records in the worker's personal logbook must be in chronological order and each entry must be verified and signed by the rope access supervisor or worksite manager. - 827 (3) Each record of work must include - (a) the date the work was performed, - (b) the type of work performed, including the access method used, - (c) the type of structure worked on, and - (d) the hours worked using industrial rope access techniques. 827 (4) The worker must ensure that the personal logbook is current and available at the worksite for inspection by an officer. ## Maximum arrest force, clearance, anchor strength 828 An employer must ensure that a rope access system used for industrial rope access work - (a) limits the maximum arresting force on a worker to 6 kilonewtons, - (b) prevents the worker from striking a lower surface that could cause injury, unless doing so exposes the worker to other greater hazards, and - (c) minimizes the hazards of swinging and striking an object that could injure the worker. ## Maximum arrest force, clearance, anchor strength 829 (1) An employer must ensure that an anchor to which an industrial rope access system is attached has an ultimate breaking strength of at least 16 kilonewtons per worker attached, in the direction in which the load may be applied. 829 (2) Despite subsection (1), if it is not practicable for the anchor to have the specified ultimate breaking strength, an anchor may be used that has an ultimate breaking strength per attached worker of 2 times the estimated maximum arresting force created by a fall in the direction of the rope pull, unless doing so exposes the worker to other greater hazards. ## Safety line 830 (1) An employer must ensure that a safety, secondary, belay or backup line is used when the working line is th…