Personal Fall Arrest & Fall Restraint Systems

Personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems include body belts or harnesses. For non-assembly/disassembly work, the employer must provide and ensure the use of fall protection equipment for employees who are on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 6 feet above a lower level, as follows:

• When moving point to point
• On non-lattice booms (whether horizontal or not horizontal)
• On lattice booms that are not horizontal
• On horizontal lattice booms where the fall distance is 15 feet or more
• While at a workstation on any part of the equipment (including the boom, of any type), except when the employee is at or near draw-works (when the equipment is running), in the cab, or on the deck

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