Positioning Device System Fall Protection

Body harnesses and components must be used only for employee protection as part of a personal fall arrest system or positioning device system and not hoist materials.

Positioning device system fall protection.

Paragraphs b c d and e of appendix c of subpart m relating to 1926 502 d personal fall arrest systems set forth test procedures which may be used along with the procedures listed below to determine compliance with the requirements for positioning device systems in 1926 502 e 3 and 4 of subpart m. Work positioning harnesses include extra d rings sometimes as many as four in order to accommodate working in these specialized circumstances. Positioning device systems are briefly mentioned in osha s fall protection standard for construction 29 cfr 1926 502 e under fall protection and osha s shipyard standards 29 cfr 1915 160 under personal protective equipment. Defective components must be removed from service.

In some cases a positioning device system may be one of those options. As you can probably imagine work positioning systems are quite different from standard fall protection systems and require some specialized equipment and practices and it all begins with the harness. Osha defines fall protection positioning device systems as a body belt or body harness system rigged to allow a worker to be supported on an elevated vertical surface such as a wall and work with both hands free while leaning. The fact that a work positioning system wps is not a fall protection system may also be explained by reaching out to the etymology of the words support and protection.