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the system and make sure that the anchors are strong enough, and that what they are attached to is strong enough also.
You can always choose to keep it simple and stick with the 5,000-pound require- ment for your personnel and subcontrac- tors. You would still need to make ad- justments for any combined weights 310 pounds and above or for horizontal life- lines. Anybody can choose to go above and beyond what OSHA requires. In this case, going above and beyond could reduce the chance that something is done incorrectly.
Following the regulation as written, though potentially more complex, could possibly open up new, perfectly safe solu- tions that were never seen before as an op- tion.
Daniel Huntington (dhuntington@KeeS- afety.com) is the North American Training Manager for Kee Safety, Inc., which is based in Buffalo, N.Y.
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