Instruction Manual
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location of that attachment point after the employee comes to a full stop.
Fall Arrest System
A fall arrest system means a system used to arrest an employee in a fall from
a working level. It consists of an anchor point, connectors, a body belt or body
harness and may include a lanyard, deceleration device, lifeline, or suitable com-
binations of these.
Fall Prevention System
Those systems and techniques that eliminate the possibility of a fall.
Fall Protection System
Any of the following when used to protect a worker from a fall or minimize the
risk from falling: Guardrails, Safety belt or a full body harness with a lanyard
and/or lifeline and an anchor, and their related equipment, Safety net, Control
zone, Safety monitor with a control zone, and other acceptable procedures.
Fall Restraint System
A work positioning system to prevent a worker from falling from a work position,
or a travel restriction system such as guardrails or a personal fall protection
system to prevent a worker from traveling to an edge from which the worker
could fall.
Free Fall
The act of falling before the personal fall arrest system begins to apply force to
arrest the fall.
Free Fall Distance
Vertical displacement of the fall arrest attachment point on the employee’s body
belt or body harness between onset of the fall and just before the system begins
to apply force to arrest the fall. This distance excludes deceleration distance,
lifeline and lanyard elongation, but includes any deceleration device slide dis-
tance or self-retracting lifeline/lanyard extension before the devices operate
and fall arrest forces occur.
Full Body Harness
A body support device consisting of connected straps designed to distribute a
fall arresting force over at least the thigh, shoulders and pelvis, with provision
for attaching a lanyard, lifeline or other components.
Lanyard
A flexible line of webbing, synthetic rope or wire rope that is used to secure a
safety belt or full body harness to a lifeline or anchor.
Horizontal Lifeline System
A system composed of a synthetic or wire rope installed horizontally between
two anchors, to which a worker attaches a personal fall protection system.
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