Regulations on setting up ahd use of a travel restraint (life line)
What are the fall protection systems
Fall protection is a very important skill to know in the workplace. The following is a website that offers MSA fall protection training in such area: http://www.millerfallprotection.com/training
The OSHA General Industry Standard requires fall protection be provided if the potential fall is 6 feet or greater.
Workers must be provided with fall protection when climbing at 10 feet.
Two places online to learn about roof top fall protection are fall-arrest.com and pacificrimfallprotection.com. Research which protection has the best reviews in order to determine which is the best.
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Fall protection training is something you will have to teach yourself as there are no classes for this. The first thing you should do is get a Life Alert system and wear it. That way in case you fall you can get help quickly.
In the US fall protection is required in construction is there is a potential for a fall of 10 feet or more. In general industry, the requirement applies for falls of six feet or more. Properly constructed scaffolds can be used to meet this requirement. Any scaffold would require rails, which is an alternative to lanyards for fall protection.
Miller Fall Protection, a company that manufactures equipment to prevent falls, offers training on how prevent falls, how to detect possible hazards, and how to properly use fall equipment on their website, www.millerfallprotection.com
A lanyard is another name for a rope or line. In fall protection it is a fall stopping or fall arrest component of a fall protection system. A fall protection lanyard is designed with a section what will stretch out when the weight of a person lands on it, thus reducing the shock to the person of being stopped while falling. Once used to stop a fall, it can never be reused. The lanyard connects your body harness to a designated anchor point that should be rated to hold at least three times the maximum amount of weight that might fall on it. A lanyard is sometimes called your life line because it can literally save your life..
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