Fall Protection
Body Harnesses
Body harnesses are designed to minimize stress forces on an employee's body in the event of a fall, while providing sufficient freedom of movement to allow work to be performed. Harnesses, and components must be used only for employee protection (as part of a personal fall arrest system) and not to hoist materials.
Always wear proper fall protection. It may save your life.
- A full body harness should be worn for:
- fall protection from heights above 6 feet on a temporary work site
- fall protection from heights above 4 feet on a permanent work site
- when completing hazardous confined space work
- when working at elevation in a man basket as part of the job
- work at any height above equipment and moving parts
- Contractors should be fully aware of and comply with requirements regarding the use of full body harnesses.
- When the use of one of these devices is required, the contractor should ensure that they are properly maintained and used.
- Ensure proper fall protection is worn for the task being conducted (i.e., chest d-ring for ascending and descending ladder safe systems and to aid in rescue).
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-1. Which of the following activities is approved for harnesses and components?
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