Picture This! Fall Protection is NOT a Team Effort!

These workers are taking a potentially deadly risk by tying off to one another. If one were to fall, the other would surely follow and the chance of the fall protection equipment and/or anchor point failing is SKY HIGH!

The only thing a worker should ever tie off to is an anchorage point that meets or exceeds requirements set forth by federal or jurisdictional regulations. A co-worker’s harness is NOT designed to be used as anchorage point.

Most safety regulations and voluntary consensus standards necessitate anchorages and anchorage connectors:

• Must support 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached; or
• Be designed, installed and used under the supervision of a qualified person as part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two; and
• Be located high enough for a worker to avoid contact with a lower level should a fall occur