1. (1) Personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems must use personal fall arrest components that conform to the criteria in Division 3/M Fall Protection.

   NOTE: Except that 1926.502(d)(15), Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices/Personal fall arrest systems (anchors), does not apply to components used in personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems. (See 1926.1423(g) and 437-003-1423(3))

2. (2) When employees are assembling, disassembling or otherwise performing work on a walking/working surface of a crane with an unprotected side or edge more than 10 feet above a lower level, the employer must provide fall protection systems and ensure they are installed and used according to the criteria in Division 3/M, Fall Protection.

   1. (a) When moving point-to-point:

      1. (A) On non-lattice booms (whether horizontal or not horizontal).
      2. (B) On lattice booms that are not horizontal.
      3. (C) On horizontal lattice booms where the fall distance is 10 feet or more.
   2. (b) While at a work station 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.
3. (3) Anchorage criteria. 1926.502(d)(15), 1926.502(e)(2), and 437-003-0502(4) apply to equipment covered by this subdivision only to the extent delineated in paragraphs 1926.1423(g)(2) and (3).
4. (4) Tower cranes. When employees are erecting, climbing, dismantling or otherwise performing work on a walking/working surface of a tower crane with an unprotected side or edge more than 10 feet above a lower level, employers must ensure that fall protection systems are provided, installed, and used according to the criteria in Division 3/M, Fall Protection.

5. (5) Anchoring to the load line. A personal fall arrest system is permitted to be anchored to the crane/derrick’s hook or other part of the load line when all of the following requirements are met:

   1. (a) A qualified person determines that the set up and rated capacity of the crane/derrick, including the hook, load line and rigging, meets or exceeds the requirements in 1926.502(d)(15).
   2. (b) The operator is informed that it is being used for this purpose and is in view of and no more than 25 feet from the operator station/cab.
   3. (c) No load is suspended from the crane/derrick when the personal fall arrest system is anchored and used.
   4. (d) The crane/derrick is not moved when the personal fall arrest system is anchored and being used.
6. (6) Training. The employer must train each employee who may be exposed to fall hazards while on, or hoisted by, equipment covered by this subdivision on the applicable requirements in OARs 437-003-1599 and 437-003-0502.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 654.025(2) & 656.726(4).

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 654.001 - 654.295.

History

OSHA 1-2011, f. & cert. ef. 2-9-11