Instruction Manual
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DEFINITIONS
Anchorage
A secure point of attachment for lifelines, lanyards, or deceleration devices.
Attachment Point
A loop or “D” ring connected (integrally) to the body support that provides a
means for attachment of other components of the fall protection system.
Body Harness
Means straps, which may be secured about the worker in a manner that will
distribute the fall arrest forces over at least the thighs, pelvis, waist, chest and
shoulders with means for attaching it to other components of a personal fall
arrest system.
Carabiner
A link with a gate that is normally closed or that automatically closes, and is
used to connect components of a personal fall protection system.
Competent Person
Is defined as “one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards
in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or
dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective
measures to eliminate them” [29 CFR 1926.32(f)]. By way of training and/or
experience, a competent person is knowledgeable of applicable standards, is
capable of identifying workplace hazards relating to the specific operation and
has the authority to correct them.
Connector
A device which is used to couple (connect) parts of the personal fall arrest
system and positioning device systems. It may be an independent component of
the system, such as a carabiner, or it may be an integral component of part of the
system (such as a buckle or D-ring sewn into a body belt or body harness, or a
snap-hook spliced or sewn to a lanyard or self-retracting lanyard).
D Ring
A form of attachment point on body belts and fully body harnesses meant for
attachment of other components of a fall protection and positioning system.
Deceleration Device
Means any mechanism that serves to dissipate energy during a fall.
Deceleration Distance
The vertical distance a falling employee travels from the point at which the
deceleration device begins to operate, excluding lifeline elongation and free fall
distance, until stopping. It is measured as the distance between the location of
an employee’s body harness attachment point at the moment of activation (at
the onset of fall arrest forces) of the deceleration device during a fall, and the
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