What is Anchorage

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What is Anchorage?

• A fall arrest anchorage device, provides a secure
  point of connection for a personal safety device
  to attach to.
• Not this-

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Personal Fall Arrest System
Anchor
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When are they required?

• OSHA regulations stipulate that whenever a
  potential for fall at a height of six feet or
  more exists, fall protection must be utilized for
  the safety of workers. The key component of this
  fall protection is the anchorage device.
• OSHA also states that this device must be able to
  support 5,000 lbs.

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Industry Importance

• In the construction industry in the U.S., falls
  are the leading cause of worker fatalities. Each
  year, on average, between 400 and 450 workers are
  killed and more than 100,000 are injured as a
  result of falls at construction sites.
  (www.osha.gov)

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Fall Statistics

• 80 of occupational fall fatalities from
  1984-1986 occurred in construction
• (based on a study of NIOSH National Traumatic
  Occupational Fatalities database by Suruda,
  Fosbroke and Braddee (1995)).

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Safe Worker?
Anchor should be above shoulders!
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Horizontal Life Line (HLL)
Retracting Lines
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• Types of Possible Anchors

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Concrete Anchor - Reusable
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Concrete - Sala Eyebolt
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Concrete - Rebar Strap Anchor
Cut off when done
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Wood - Truss Anchor
Cut off when done or Leave Permanently
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Steel - Bolted Anchor
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Steel - Bolted Anchor
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Steel - Beam Slider
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Snap Hook Anchor
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Cable Choker
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Chain Choker
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Nylon Beam Choker
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• Dont fall!
• THE END