502 EM 385-1-1 Sections 14-19

16.T.11 Personal Fall Protection.

1. For work over water, see Section 21.O for fall protection versus PFD requirements. Lifesaving equipment and safety skiffs meeting the requirements of this manual must be available.
2. When NOT working over water, all employees occupying the work platform must use a properly anchored personal fall protection (arrest or restraint) system. The system must be attached to an allowed anchorage point/structural member within the platform.
• (1) The attachment points to which personal fall arrest or restraint systems are attached on the platform must meet the anchorage requirements in Section 21.
• (2) Depending on the type of work to be done and the height of the work platform above a lower surface, all workers must wear a full body harness as part of a fall arrest or fall restraint system. The CP for fall protection on-site will assess each situation and determine which system would best fit the current work requirement and be in accordance with the crane manufacturer's instructions and recommendations. Particular attention should be paid to anchor points and capacities.

Workers must wear safety harnesses on an aerial access platform.
• (3) Workers working from the platform suspended from LHE are permitted to be tied off to the lower load block or overhaul ball. An AHA must be developed to details on how work will be safely performed. AHA must be submitted to the GDA for acceptance.
• (4) Anchoring to the load line. A personal fall arrest system is permitted to be anchored to the crane's hook (or other part of the load line). This activity requires a critical lift plan to be developed and implemented, per Section 16.H.01. In addition, the following requirements must be met:
• (a) There is no other load on the load line;
• (b) A QP has determined that the set-up and rated capacity of the LHE (including the hook, load line and rigging) meets or exceeds the requirements in Section 21. This information must be placed in/attached to the AHA developed for the activity;
• (c) The equipment operator must be located in or adjacent to the cab, has been informed that the equipment is being used for this purpose, must remain in contact (verbal, radio, hand signals) with the signal person for the operation and must remain in direct control of any intended movement of the load line. If the operator is not in the cab, the controls must be locked/tagged out so that no movement of the load line can occur without his knowledge.

16.T.12 Hoisting personnel.

Employees must not be hoisted unless the following conditions are determined to exist:

1. The load test and proof test requirements are satisfied;
2. Hoist ropes are free of kinks;
3. Multiple part lines are not twisted around one another,
4. The primary attachment is centered over the platform, and
5. The hoisting system is inspected if the load rope is slack to ensure all ropes are properly seated on drums and in sheaves.

16.T.13 Traveling - equipment other than derricks.

1. Hoisting of personnel while the crane is traveling is prohibited, except for equipment that travels on fixed rails or it is demonstrated that there is no less hazardous way to perform the work. This does not apply to rubber-tired equipment.
2. Where employees are hoisted while the equipment is traveling, all of the following criteria must be met:
• (1) Crane travel must be restricted to a fixed track or runway;
• (2) Travel must be limited to the load radius of the boom used during the lift;
• (3) The boom must be parallel to the direction of travel, except where it is safer to do otherwise;
• (4) A complete trial run must be performed to test the route of travel before employees are allowed to occupy the platform (this trial run may be performed when the trial lift required in Section 16.T.08 is performed).

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