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    Mar-5-2009

    Fall Protection Classes

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    Some of you out there may not know that fall protection restraints and harnesses come in 4 different types of classes.  Now, each class has its own function and use.  So what better time to go over some of these differences.

    Class 1: Body belts (single or double D-ring) are designed to restrain a person in a hazardous work position and to reduce the possibility of falls. They should not be used when fall potential exists; positioning only.

    Class 2: Chest harnesses are used when there are only limited fall hazards (no vertical free fall hazard), or for retrieving persons such as removal of persons from a tank or a bin.

    Class 3: Full body harnesses are designed to arrest the most severe free falls.

    Class 4: Suspension belts are independent work supports used to suspend a worker, such as boatswain’s chairs or raising or lowering harnesses.

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