[SML] OSHA Industrial Fall Protection

Stuart Wheaton sdwheaton at fuse.net
Thu Nov 12 23:18:02 UTC 2020


What if you had handrail stanchions that either clipped into the 
container corners or flipped up  with cables to form a barrier to 
prevent reaching the edges?  With handrails, no need for fall arrest.

Stuart

On 11/12/2020 4:43 PM, NODEraser via Stagecraft wrote:
> Good Morning OSHA Gurus,
>
> I have a question about the requirements for fall protection under
> OSHA; I remember a discussion a few years ago about fall protection on
> platforms, and remember there was an exemption for areas that were not
> "general access". In my current place of employment
> (non-theatre/production) there is an upcoming meeting about the fall
> protection requirements for work on the roof of transportable
> shelters. We have two types; a vehicle-mounted shelter, and ISO-type
> containers, both of which have antennas that get installed on the
> roof.
>
> There has been light discussion about this in the past, and it's
> generally been regarded as unfeasible (jokes about clipping a harness
> into a "skyhook", etc) but it sounds like they're actually getting
> pretty serious about it. I imagine there is probably already some kind
> of standard or exemption that exists in industry; I'm thinking about
> trucking and climbing on top of trailers such as tankers for
> inspection and loading.
>
> I'm looking at the various sections (the general 1910 in particular)
> and can't find that kind of language anymore. Perhaps someone more
> familiar with OSHA and its intracacies has some ideas?
>
>
> TIA
>
> [Greg Bennett]
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