Fall protection. It should be a quick decision. If an employee is working at some heights, they need to wear a fall arrest harness. There are multiple moving parts involved in the fall protection but usually fall arrest harness is overlooked.
A harness needs to do more than meet OSHA standards.
It must have fit the individual wearing it. If the harness doesn’t fit well,
there are always chances of fatality at the workplace.
Do your safety harnesses fit your employees? Are the
following OSHA industrial safety and
environment standards?
If you don’t know have an idea. Here is a quick guide
that may help you to fit, inspect, and select the fall arrest harness.
How Can You
Pick Out the Right Fall Arrest Harness?
We don’t want to make you feel bored, therefore, we
don’t go too deep into finding the right fall arrest harness brand or its
important components. There is no shortage of brands and options. You can
easily find them in the market or on multiple online platforms. We leave that to you.
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You have to pick a fall arrest harness according to OSHA requirements
per 29 CFR 1910.140 – Personal fall protection systems.
You’ll find the manufacturing and system performance
requirements in 1910.140(c), (d), (e). These include everything from the
manufacture of connectors to limits on the maximum arresting force.
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A harness must match the type of work performed.
Matching the harness to the job type may mean you could
need a positioning harness, retrieval harness, or suspension harness. It’s not
just the type of lift that matters; work context matters, too. Do you prerequisite
a high visibility harness or a welding safety harness that’s flame retardant?
You must have to pick harnesses that will fit your
crew correctly. You are not likely to find that one harness fits every member
of the team. People of different heights build, and genders will need a
different harness.
