Fall Protection Personal Fall Arrest System

The following information generally applies to all personal fall protection systems and is intended to assist employers and employees comply with the requirements of 1910 140 for personal fall protection systems.

Fall protection personal fall arrest system.

It is one of several forms of fall protection forms which also include fall guarding general protection that prevents persons from entering a fall hazard area e g guard rails and fall restraint personal protection which prevents persons who are in a fall hazard area from falling e g. They arrest and restrict a fall preventing you from colliding with the ground or structures whilst limiting the forces on the body. They stop the fall before you hit the surface. It is important for employers to plan prior to using personal fall protection systems.

Where employees are exposed to serious fall hazards and protection by other means such as guard rails or nets are not used the occupational safety health administration requires employers to establish a personal fall arrest program for fall protection these programs typically identify common hazards and offer solutions for mitigating them usually by instructing the use of fall protection. A approved personal fall arrest personal fall restraint or positioning systems shall be worn by those employees whose work exposes them to falling in excess of 7 1 2 feet from the perimeter of a structure unprotected sides and edges leading edges through shaftways and openings sloped roof surfaces steeper than 7 12 or other sloped surfaces steeper than 40 degrees not otherwise. Fall arrest systems protect you after you fall. 29 cfr 1926 subpart m fall protection.

These systems use a body holding device connected to a reliable anchor. As part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two. According to osha to ensure that this fall protection system stops a fall properly. Fall arrest is the form of fall protection which involves the safe stopping of a person already falling.

Personal fall protection system means a system including all components an employer uses to provide protection from falling or to safely arrest an employee s fall if one occurs. A personal fall arrest system is required for use by all employees working from an elevated position that poses a fall risk. Under the supervision of a qualified person.