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| Anchor |
A secure point of attachment for lifeline or lanyard. |
| Anchorage |
A secure means of attachment to check if the personal fall arrest system is connected. |
| 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. |
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| Connector |
A device which is used to couple (connect) parts of the personal fall arrest system and positioning device systems together. 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 harness meant for attachment of other components of a fall protection and positioning system. |
| Fall Arrest System |
A system that will stop a worker's fall before the worker hits the surface below. |
| 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. |
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| 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 travelling to an edge from which the worker could fall. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Lifeline |
A synthetic or wire rope, rigged from one or more anchors, to which a worker’s lanyard or other part of a personal fall protection system is attached. |
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| Personal Fall Arrest System |
A system used to arrest an employee in a fall from a working level. It consists of an anchorage, connectors, a body belt or body harness and may include a lanyard, deceleration device, lifeline or suitable combinations of these. As of January 1, 1998, the use of a body belt for fall arrest is prohibited. |
| Rope Grab |
A deceleration device which travels on a lifeline and automatically, by friction, engages the lifeline and locks so as to arrest the fall of an employee. A rope grab usually employs the principle of inertial locking, cam/level locking or both (also referred to as a fall arrester). |
| Self-Retracting Lifeline/Lanyard |
A deceleration device containing a drum-wound line, which can be slowly extracted from, or retracted onto, the drum under slight tension during normal worker movement, and which, after onset of a fall, automatically locks the drum and arrests the fall. |
| Shock Absorber |
A device intended to to limit the deceleration forces exerted on a worker during fall arrest. |
| Snap Hooks |
A connector comprised of a hook-shaped member with a normally closed keeper, or similar arrangement, which may be opened to permit the hook to receive an object and, when released, automatically closes to retain the object. |
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