C.F.R. » Title 29 » CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › PART 1926—SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION › Subpart E—Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment

29 C.F.R. § 1926.104

Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards

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(a) Lifelines, safety belts, and lanyards shall be used only for employee safeguarding. Any lifeline, safety belt, or lanyard actually subjected to in-service loading, as distinguished from static load testing, shall be immediately removed from service and shall not be used again for employee safeguarding.

(b) Lifelines shall be secured above the point of operation to an anchorage or structural member capable of supporting a minimum dead weight of 5,400 pounds.

(c) Lifelines used on rock-scaling operations, or in areas where the lifeline may be subjected to cutting or abrasion, shall be a minimum of 7/8-inch wire core manila rope. For all other lifeline applications, a minimum of 3/4-inch manila or equivalent, with a minimum breaking strength of 5,000 pounds, shall be used.

(d) Safety belt lanyard shall be a minimum of 1/2-inch nylon, or equivalent, with a maximum length to provide for a fall of no greater than 6 feet. The rope shall have a nominal breaking strength of 5,400 pounds.

(e) All safety belt and lanyard hardware shall be drop forged or pressed steel, cadmium plated in accordance with type 1, Class B plating specified in Federal Specification QQ-P-416. Surface shall be smooth and free of sharp edges.

(f) All safety belt and lanyard hardware, except rivets, shall be capable of withstanding a tensile loading of 4,000 pounds without cracking, breaking, or taking a permanent deformation.

[44 FR 8577, Feb. 9, 1979; 44 FR 20940, Apr. 6, 1979, as amended at 84 FR 21577, May 14, 2019]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1974–2019 · leading case: Leonard v. Com., Dept. of Transp., 771 A.2d 1238 (Pa. 2001).
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Leonard v. Com., Dept. of Transp., 771 A.2d 1238 (Pa. 2001). · cites it 4× “See 29 C.F.R. § 1926.104 (safety lines); 29 C.”
Fluor Constructors, Inc. v. Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n & Sec'y of Labor, 861 F.2d 936 (6th Cir. 1988). · cites it 2× “See 29 C.F.R. § 1926.104 (b) (1987). Fluor next contends that the Commission’s interpretation of the standard is so unclear that Fluor’s citation issued pursuant to it violates Due Process because Fluor did not have adequate notice of its duties under the regulation.”
Power Plant Div., Brown & Root, Inc. v. Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, & Raymond J. Donovan, 659 F.2d 1291 (5th Cir. 1981). · cites it 2× “Brown & Root’s second contention is that the ALJ erred in allocating to it the burden of proving that the chains used by its employees to tie off while actually performing welding operations were the equivalent of lanyards as defined in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.104 (d). Brown & Root…”
William E. Brock, Sec'y of Labor v. Dun-Par Engineered Form Co., & Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 843 F.2d 1135 (8th Cir. 1988). · cites it 2× “, 29 C.F.R. §§ 1926.104 , .105, .451, .750.”
Nat'l Roofing Contractors Ass'n v. Peter J. Brennan, Sec'y of Labor, 495 F.2d 1294 (7th Cir. 1974). · cites it 2× “However, this lack, if the 20 foot level were adopted, does not mean that the safety belt alternative could be safely utilized, or even that it would ever be utilized since another standard, 29 C.F.R. 1926.104 (1972), requires the line to be anchored or secured to a structural…”
Hoffman Constr. Co. v. Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n & John T. Dunlop, Sec'y of the U. S. Dep't of Labor, 546 F.2d 281 (9th Cir. 1976). “The lead opinion relied upon a provision of 29 C.F.R. 1926.104(a), which requires that lanyards, lifelines, and safety belts be used exclusively for safety purposes.”
Templeton v. Chicago & Nw. Transp. Co., 603 N.E.2d 441 (Ill. 1992). · cites it 2× “(See 29 C.F.R. §§ 1926.104 , 1926.105 (1991).) One of the regulations entered into evidence provides in pertinent part: "Safety nets shall be provided when workplaces are more than 25 feet above the ground or water surface, or other surfaces where the use of ladders, scaffolds,…”
Spancrete Ne., Inc. v. Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 905 F.2d 589 (2d Cir. 1990). “Under 29 C.F.R. § 1926.104 (b) lifelines for safety belts “shall be secured above the point of operation to an anchorage or structural member capable of supporting a minimum dead weight of 5,400 pounds.”
Roberto Diaz v. R & a Consultants, Corp., 579 S.W.3d 460 (Tex. App. 2019). “The OSHA fall prevention regulations, however, are found at 29 CFR 1926.104 and 1926.500 et. seq. Of course, Robles would have an independent obligation to comply with any OSHA rules aside from whatever the project design required.”
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Hoffman Constr. Co. v. Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n & John T. Dunlop, Sec'y of the U. S. Dep't of Labor, 546 F.2d 281 (9th Cir. 1976). “The lead opinion relied upon a provision of 29 C.F.R. 1926.104(a), which requires that lanyards, lifelines, and safety belts be used exclusively for safety purposes.”
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