Fall Protection Field Guide

Table of Contents

Knowing that you need Fall Protection is often the easy part. Most of the time it's obvious. Knowing WHAT you need, and WHY you need it tends to complicate things. This guide is designed to break down into it's constituent elements the process of selecting effective Fall Protection. We'll tell you when you need it, what your options are, and why one form of equipment might be better suited to your job than another. We'll also outline the OSHA requirements for equipment of this type, and identify the applicable ANSI standards - including the newest update - and why they are so important. Fall Protection can be confusing. And intimidating. And technical. There'smath, diagrams, LOTS of D-Rings, and oftenmore questions than answers.

CONTENTS

1 - 3

Introduction/TOC Hierarchy of Controls

3

4 - 7

OSHA&ANSI Standards

8

Applications

9 - 11

Anchorages

12 - 14

Harnesses

15 - 19

ConnectingDevices

21 - 23

Horizontal Systems

24 - 25

Leading Edge

26 - 27

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