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Lanyards Instruction Manual
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• Ensure self-locking snap hooks or carabiners work properly. Inspect
rope or webbing for wear, cuts, burns, frayed edges, breaks, or other
damage.
• ANCHORAGE:
Select a rigid anchorage point capable of supporting
required loads. Select appropriate anchorage point that will reduce
possible free fall and swing fall hazards and avoid striking an object
during a fall. Anchorage should be level (horizontal) in order to prevent
the connector from sliding on an incline when in use, which could cause
serious injury to the user.
• FALL CLEARANCE:
Should a fall occur, there must be sufficient
clearance in the fall area to arrest the fall before striking the ground or
other object.
• FREE FALL:
Personal fall arrest systems must be rigged in such a
way that the free fall does not exceed 6 ft. Avoid working above the
anchorage level to avoid an increase in fall distance.
• FALL ARREST FORCES:
The assembled Personal Fall Arrest System
must keep fall arrest forces below 1,800 lbs. when used with a full body
harness.
Instructions:
• Do not tie knots of any type in lanyards.
• Do not hook a lanyard back upon itself (choker style).
• Do not attach snap hooks to web loops.
• OSHA 1910.66 and 1926.502 state that anchorages used for attachment
of a PFAS must be independent of any anchorage being used to support
or suspend platforms, and must support at least 5,000 lbs. per user
attached, or be designed, installed and used as part of a complete PFAS
which maintains a safety factor of at least two, and is supervised by a
qualified person (architect, structural engineer, etc.). The anchorage to
which this SAL is attached must be capable of sustaining static loads
in directions applied by the personal fall arrest system of at least 3,600
lbs (or at least twice the expected dynamic load) with certification of
a qualified person (architect, structural engineer, etc.), or 5,000 lbs in
the absence of certification. If multiple personal fall arrest systems are
being attached to the same anchorage, the minimum values stated
above must be multiplied by the number of users.
• Keep lanyards as short as possible to minimize free fall distance.
• Free fall distance must not exceed 6 ft. at any time.
• Locate attachment point to the anchor at or above the connection point
of the fall arrest equipment to the harness.
Connecting Shock Absorbing Lanyards that Have a Shock-Pack:
• The shock absorbing end of the lanyard must connect to the dorsal
D-ring of the full body harness. The opposite end of the lanyard is to be
connected to the anchorage connector.
