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User Instructions
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FP Pro Vest Style Harness
2.0 TRAINING
It is the responsibility of the purchaser of the FP Pro Harness to assure that harness users are made familiar
with these User Instructions and trained by a competent person in: (1) workplace hazard awareness and
hazard identification, evaluation and control; (2) how to properly select, inspect, use, store and maintain the
harness; (3) how to determine and acceptably limit free fall distance, total fall distance, and maximum
arresting force; (4) how to don, adjust and doff the harness; (5) proper attachment locations on the harness
and proper attachment methods, including compatibility of connections to reduce the probability of accidental
disengagement (“rollout”); (6) how to evacuate from a hazardous space; (7) what to do after a fall to protect
the user from injury, including emergency rescue planning and execution; and (8) the consequences of
improper use of the harness and associated equipment and of failure to follow instructions and training. If the
harness is to be used for confined space applications, the user must also be trained in accordance with the
requirements of OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.146 and ANSI Z117.1. Training must be conducted without
undue exposure of the trainee to hazards. The effectiveness of training should be periodically assessed (at
least annually) and the need for more training or retraining determined. Rose Manufacturing Company offers
training programs. Contact Rose for training information.
3.0 HAZARDS ID, EVALUATION AND CONTROL
CAUTION
Do not use the FP Pro Harness unless a qualified person has inspected the
workplace and determined that identified hazards can neither be eliminated
nor exposures to them prevented.
Prior to selecting a harness or other personal protective equipment, the user must make a workplace
assessment of hazards and conditions where the equipment is required. Such assessment must, at a
minimum, identify the presence of:
• Unstable/uneven surfaces
• Chemicals
• Abrasive surfaces
• Climatic factors
• Electrical hazards
• Sparks
• Moving equipment
• Weather factors
• Environmental contaminants
• Flames
• Moving materials
• Slippery surfaces
• Heat-producing operations
• Sharp objects
• Unguarded openings
• Hot objects
• Confined space hazards
Foreseeable changes in any of these conditions, taken individually or collectively, must be identified,
evaluated and controlled. The materials and construction of the harness and associated equipment must be
considered in the selection process such that these workplace conditions are suitably addressed and
responded to. The equipment must match the work situation and workplace environmental factors.
The workplace assessment must identify all paths of intended user movement and all hazards along such
paths. The user must identify the required range of mobility in each hazard zone and note the location and
distance to all obstructions in potential fall paths. Lateral obstructions which could be contacted in a pendular
fall arrest must be noted. An assembly connecting the harness to an anchorage must be selected which will
satisfactorily limit total fall distance and allow for dynamic elongation and activation distance of the assembly.
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