Fall Arrest System Parts

This is the second article in our personal fall protection system series.

Fall arrest system parts.

It may be an independent component of the system such as a carabiner or it may be an integral component of part of the system such as a buckle or d ring sewn into a body belt or body harness or a snap hook spliced or sewn to a lanyard or self retracting lanyard. The equipment is not designed to arrest a fall but merely restrains an individual. Second component of a fall arrest system. Typical connecting devices i e.

Personal fall restraint systems are positioning systems that prevent an individual from stepping into a fall hazard. If the personal fall arrest system meets the criteria and protocols in appendix d of this subpart and is being used by an employee having a combined body and tool weight of less than 310 pounds 140 kg the system is considered to be in compliance with the provisions of paragraphs d 1 i through iii of this section. The first article can be found here and covers important details about fall protection anchors. For this reason the components of a fall restraint system can be considerably less robust than a fall arrest system.

Because fall arrest designs require high rate energy capacity design methods fundamental fall arrest design is tedious and esoteric. Fall arrest components can be. Thus most fall arrest parts and systems are designed to the force standards contained in federal osha 29cfr1910 66 appendix c a force type design standard which accounts for required energy considerations. For example an iron worker that needs to use the beam at his feet as anchor point would experience an approximate free fall of 12 feet.