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All fasteners must be installed without splitting the timber or protruding through
side members. Edge distance, end distances and spacing must be sufficient to
prevent splitting of the wood, and must conform to design requirements under the
current edition of Section 11.1.5 National Design Standard (NDS), Chapter 23 of
The International Building Code (IBC) and all other applicable codes. Nails must
meet the requirements of ASTM F1667.
If roof anchor is not installed properly, it will not hold the rated loads and
serious injury or death could occur.
The anchorage to which the roof anchor is installed must meet strengths as given
below:
FALL ARREST:
Roof anchors installed for fall arrest applications must be attached
to a roof structure capable of sustaining static loads in the direction(s) permitted
by the PFAS when in use of at least:
(A) 3,600 lbs. (16kN) when certification exists (reference ANSI Z359.1 2007
for certification definition); or
(B) 5,000 lbs. (22.2kN) in absence of certification. See
Illustration 2
for roof
anchor loading direction limitations.
