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Fall protection trigger for construction walking and working surfaces?
6 feet or more to a lower level (general industry uses 4 feet).
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)
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- Fall protection trigger for construction walking and working surfaces?
- 6 feet or more to a lower level (general industry uses 4 feet).OSHA 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)
- Do holes need protection only above 6 feet?
- No. A hole, including a skylight, needs a cover or guardrail at any height.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)
- Fall protection trigger in steel erection?
- 15 feet, with its own rules for connectors.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.760
- Guardrail top rail height?
- About 42 inches, plus or minus 3 inches, with a midrail about halfway down.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(b)
- Minimum toeboard height, and what is it for?
- At least 3.5 inches; it stops tools and debris from rolling off an edge.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(j)
- Strength rule for a floor hole cover?
- Supports at least twice the weight of people, equipment and materials that may cross it, secured, and marked as a cover.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(i)
- Personal fall arrest limits: arresting force and free fall?
- Maximum arresting force of 1,800 pounds with a body harness, and free fall limited to 6 feet.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)
- Anchorage strength for personal fall arrest?
- 5,000 pounds per worker attached, or a qualified person's design with a safety factor of at least two.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15)
- A harness has stopped a fall. What now?
- Remove it from service until a competent person inspects it and finds it undamaged.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(d)(19)
- What must the employer plan when using fall arrest?
- Prompt rescue, or a way for workers to rescue themselves.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502(d)(20)
- How far must straight ladder rails extend above the landing?
- At least 3 feet, when the ladder is not otherwise secured at the top.OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)
- Ladder angle rule of thumb?
- One foot of base distance for every four feet of working length (4 to 1).OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)