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Personal Fall Arrest Systems

Personal Fall Arrest Systems . Learning Objectives. Objectives: Use Upkeep. Agenda. Overview: Components Inspection and cleaning Your responsibilities. Section 1. Overview. The Hazards of Working at Heights. Statistics: 100,000 work-related injuries and deaths yearly

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Personal Fall Arrest Systems

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  1. Personal Fall Arrest Systems

  2. Learning Objectives • Objectives: • Use • Upkeep

  3. Agenda • Overview: • Components • Inspection and cleaning • Your responsibilities

  4. Section 1 Overview

  5. The Hazards of Working at Heights • Statistics: • 100,000 work-related injuries and deaths yearly • Falls are one of the highest causes of workplace deaths • Millions spent yearly on workers’ compensation claims • Fines for fall protection regulation breeches increased

  6. Employee Training • Employer must provide training: • Nature of fall hazards in work area • Assembling, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting system • Use of the personal fall arrest system • Fall protection plans for your workplace

  7. Employee Training • Some circumstances for retraining: • When previous training is obsolete • Changes in equipment • Inadequacies in employee skill

  8. Section 2 Personal Fall Arrest System Components

  9. Personal Fall Arrest System Components • Basic components: • Anchorage • Connectors • Body harness and lifeline • Lanyard • Deceleration device

  10. Performance Criteria • Performance criteria of personal fall arrest system: • Maximum arresting force 1,800 pounds • Prevents free falls over 6 feet • Stops any lower level contact • Limits maximum deceleration distance to 3½ feet

  11. Body Harness • Body harness: • Provides freedom and minimizes stress to body • Never use to hoist materials • Body belts are not personal fall arrest systems • Attach at center of back, near shoulder, or above head

  12. Vertical Lifeline or Lanyard • Vertical lifeline or lanyard: • Minimum breaking strength 5,000 pounds • Protected from cutting or abrasion • Each employee attached to separate lines • Self-retracting lines sustain 3,000 pounds

  13. Horizontal Lifeline • Horizontal lifelines: • Designed, installed, and used under supervision • Part of complete personal fall arrest system • With horizontal lifelines that may become vertical: • Connecting devices must lock in both directions

  14. Webbing • Webbing: • Ropes and straps in lifelines and lanyards • Strength component of body harness • Made from synthetic, not natural fiber

  15. Connectors • Connectors: • Made from drop-forged, pressed or formed steel, and equivalents • Corrosion-resistant finish, with smooth surfaces and edges • Ring and snaphook minimum tensile strength of 5,000 pounds: • Proof-tested tensile load minimum 3,600 pounds

  16. Anchorages • Personal fall arrest system anchorages: • Independent of anchorage to support or suspend platforms • Supports at least 5,000 pounds per person • Part of a personal fall arrest system • Maintains a safety factor of at least two • Used under supervision

  17. Section 3 Inspection Requirements

  18. Inspection of Body Harness • Inspect the following: • Webbing • D-Rings/back pads • Attachment of buckles • Tongue/grommets and buckles • Friction and mating buckles

  19. Inspection of Lanyards • Inspecting various lanyards: • Wire rope lanyard: • Watch for cuts, frayed areas, or unusual wearing • Web and shock absorbing lanyard: • Bend over pipe or mandrel to observe each side • Rope lanyard: • Inspect fibers from end-to-end • Shock absorber pack: • Examine for holes and tears • Check snaps and thimbles

  20. Cleaning • Steps to cleaning equipment: • Remove dirt with damp sponge using plain water • Sponge with mild soapy water • Lather vigorously then wipe with clean cloth • Hang dry in area free of excess heat or sun • Store in clean, dry, space free of fumes and corrosives

  21. Section 4 Your Responsibilities

  22. Your Responsibilities • Your responsibility: • Recognize fall hazards • Understand basic components • Know care and inspection procedure • Adhere to your training

  23. Additional Information • Construction - Pocket Guide. OSHA Publication 3252, (2005) • Fall Protection in the Construction Industry. Oregon OSHA, (2003, October) • Compatibility of Personal Fall Protection System Components. OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin (SHIB), (2003, September 22) • Fall Protection for Aboveground Storage Tanks. OSHA/Safe Tank Alliance • Fall Protection Safety Tips Sheets for Employers and Employees OSHA/Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Alliance

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