Personal Fall Arrest System Inspection Requirements

This article addresses the requirements of osha1926 502 d 21 which states that personal fall arrest systems shall be inspected prior to each use for wear damage and other deterioration and defective components shall be removed from service.

Personal fall arrest system inspection requirements.

Osha also notes that this provision is consistent with the inspection requirements for personal fall arrest systems in the powered platforms standard 1910 66. Z359 15 2014 safety requirements for single anchor lifelines and fall arresters for personal fall arrest and rescue systems sets requirements for the design criteria qualification testing performance requirements marking and instructions user inspections maintenance and storage and removal from service of single anchor lifelines and. Personal fall arrest systems shall be inspected prior to each use for mildew wear damage and other deterioration and defective components shall be removed from service if their strength or function may be adversely affected. As stated in the standard section i paragraph f personal fall arrest systems must be regularly inspected for the following.

A double lanyard system that consists of a body harness lanyards and an anchorage meets the definition of personal fall arrest system in the final rule provided those components meet all of the applicable requirements in 1910 140 c and d. Further information on inspection criteria has been provided in paragraph g inspection considerations in part ii of appendix c relating to 1926 502 d personal fall arrest systems. A personal fall arrest system is one option of protection that osha requires for workers on construction sites who are exposed to vertical drops of 6 feet or more. Osha requires that personal fall arrest systems be rigged so an employee cannot free fall in excess of 6 feet 1 8 m.