what is fall restraint

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Division 2 AO 2-2023 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (12) Anchorages used to attach to personal fall protection equipment must be independent of any anchorage used to suspend employees or platforms on which employees work. Anchorages used to attach to personal fall protection equipment on mobile work platforms on powered industrial trucks must be attached to an overhead member of the platform, at a point located above and near the center of the platform. - (13) Anchorages, except window cleaners' belt anchors covered by paragraph (e) of this section, must be: - (i) Capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) for each employee attached; or - (ii) Designed, installed, and used, under the supervision of qualified person, as part of a complete personal fall protection system that maintains a safety factor of at least two. Note to 1910.140(c)(13): In Oregon, the performance, care, and use criteria for travel restraint systems (personal fall restraint) is in OAR [redacted phone](5)(b) in Division 2/I. - (14) Travel restraint lines must be capable of sustaining a tensile load of at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN). - (15) Lifelines must not be made of natural fiber rope. Polypropylene rope must contain an ultraviolet (UV) light inhibitor. - (16) Personal fall protection systems and their components must be used exclusively for employee fall protection and not for any other purpose, such as hoisting equipment or materials. - (17) A personal fall protection system or its components subjected to impact loading must be removed from service immediately and not used again until a competent person inspects the system or components and determines that it is not damaged and safe for use for employee personal fall protection. - (18) Personal fall protection systems must be inspected before initial use during each work shift for mildew, wear, damage, and other deterioration, and defective components must be removed fro…

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Division 2 AO 2-2023 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (i) Automatic-locking type (permitted) with a self-closing and self-locking gate that remains closed and locked until intentionally unlocked and opened for connection or disconnection; and - (ii) Non-locking type (prohibited) with a self-closing gate that remains closed, but not locked, until intentionally opened for connection or disconnection. Travel restraint (tether) line means a rope or wire rope used to transfer forces from a body support to an anchorage or anchorage connector in a travel restraint system. Travel restraint system means a combination of an anchorage, anchorage connector, lanyard (or other means of connection), and body support that an employer uses to eliminate the possibility of an employee going over the edge of a walking-working surface. Window cleaner's belt means a positioning belt that consists of a waist belt, an integral terminal runner or strap, and belt terminals. Window cleaner's belt anchor (window anchor ) means specifically designed fallpreventing attachment points permanently affixed to a window frame or to a building part immediately adjacent to the window frame, for direct attachment of the terminal portion of a window cleaner's belt. Window cleaner's positioning system means a system which consists of a window cleaner's belt secured to window anchors. Work-positioning system (see Positioning system in this paragraph (b)). - (c) General requirements. The employer must ensure that personal fall protection systems meet the following requirements. Additional requirements for personal fall arrest systems and positioning systems are contained in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, respectively. - (1) Connectors must be drop forged, pressed or formed steel, or made of equivalent materials. - (2) Connectors must have a corrosion-resistant finish, and all surfaces and edges must be smooth to prevent damage to interfacing par…

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Division 3 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (18) Body belts, harnesses, and components shall be used only for employee protection (as part of a personal fall arrest system or positioning device system) and not to hoist materials. - (19) Personal fall arrest systems and components subjected to impact loading shall be immediately removed from service and shall not be used again for employee protection until inspected and determined by a competent person to be undamaged and suitable for reuse. - (20) The employer shall provide for prompt rescue of employees in the event of a fall or shall assure that employees are able to rescue themselves. - (21) Personal fall arrest systems shall be inspected prior to each use for wear, damage and other deterioration, and defective components shall be removed from service. - (22) Body belts shall be at least one and five-eighths (1 5/8) inches (4.1 cm) wide. - (23) Personal fall arrest systems shall not be attached to guardrail systems, nor shall they be attached to hoists except as specified in other subparts of this Part. - (24) When a personal fall arrest system is used at hoist areas, it shall be rigged to allow the movement of the employee only as far as the edge of the walking/working surface. ## [redacted phone] Personal Fall Restraint Fall restraint systems and their use shall conform to the following provisions: - (1) Personal fall restraint systems shall be rigged to prevent the user from falling any distance. - (2) Fall restraint systems must use fall arrest system components that conform to the criteria in 1926.502, except as otherwise provided for in this section. Exception: A body belt may be used in fall restraint systems. - (3) The attachment point to the body belt or full body harness may be at the back, front or side dee-rings. - (4) Anchorages used for attachment of personal fall restraint equipment shall be independent of any anchorage being used to support or su…