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Standard Number: 1926.104
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Standard Title: Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards.
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SubPart Number: E
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SubPart Title: Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1(a)Lifelines,
safety belts, and lanyards shall be used only for employee safeguarding.
Any lifeline, safety belt, or lanyard actually subjected to
in-service loading, as distinguished from static load testing,
shall be immediately removed from service and shall not be used
again for employee safeguarding.
1(b)Lifelines
shall be secured above the point of operation to an anchorage
or structural member capable of supporting a minimum dead weight
of 5,400 pounds.
1(c)Lifelines
used on rock-scaling operations, or in areas where the lifeline
may be subjected to cutting or abrasion, shall be a minimum
of 7/8-inch wire core manila rope. For all other lifeline applications,
a minimum of 3/4-inch manila or equivalent, with a minimum breaking
strength of 5,400 pounds, shall be used.
1(d)Safety
belt lanyard shall be a minimum of 1/2-inch nylon, or equivalent,
with a maximum length to provide for a fall of no greater than
6 feet. The rope shall have a nominal breaking strength of 5,400
pounds.
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..1926.104(e)
1(e)All
safety belt and lanyard hardware shall be drop forged or pressed
steel, cadmium plated in accordance with type 1, Class B plating
specified in Federal Specification QQ-P-416. Surface shall be
smooth and free of sharp edges.
1(f)All
safety belt and lanyard hardware, except rivets, shall be capable
of withstanding a tensile loading of 4,000 pounds without cracking,
breaking, or taking a permanent deformation.
[59
FR 40729, Aug. 9, 1994; 60 FR 5131, Jan. 26, 1995; 60 FR 39254,
Aug. 2, 1995]
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Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR) - Table of Contents OSHA Regulations
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FR 40141, July 25, 1997]
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