Safety

Fall protection harness and lanyard inspection checklist

The check before a harness, lanyard or self-retracting lifeline is used each shift: webbing, stitching, hardware, shock absorber and impact indicator, with removal from service for any defect.

How often
Before initial use each shift
Who
Harness user
Time
About 3 min
Items
17

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Before you use it

  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910.140(c)(18) requires personal fall protection systems to be inspected before initial use during each workshift for mildew, wear, damage and other deterioration, and defective components to be removed from service.
  • Under 1910.140(c)(17), a system or component subjected to impact loading is removed from service immediately and not used again until a competent person inspects it and determines it is not damaged and safe for use. Under (c)(20), ropes, belts, lanyards, lifelines and harnesses are protected from being cut, abraded, melted or otherwise damaged.
  • Snaphooks and carabiners must be the automatic locking type that needs at least two separate, consecutive movements to open (1910.140(c)(9)), and body belts are prohibited as part of a personal fall arrest system (1910.140(d)(3)). This is the general industry rule; construction has its own standards in 29 CFR part 1926.
  • Add the manufacturer’s inspection points for your models, such as the service life on the label or the retraction test for a self-retracting lifeline.

Equipment

  1. 1

    Scan the equipment tag

    Checkpoint scan
  2. 2

    Component

    Full-body harness · Shock-absorbing lanyard · Self-retracting lifeline · Positioning lanyard

    Choice
  3. 3

    Serial number or identifier

    Note
  4. 4

    Label legible, with manufacturer, model and date of manufacture

    Pass / fail

Webbing and stitching

  1. 5

    Webbing free of cuts, frays, burns, chemical damage and mildew

    Pass / fail
  2. 6

    Stitching intact, with no pulled, cut or broken threads

    Pass / fail
  3. 7

    No stiffness, discoloration or wear from UV or heat

    Pass / fail
  4. 8

    Rope or cable free of kinks, broken strands and cuts

    Pass / fail

Hardware

  1. 9

    D-rings, buckles and grommets not cracked, bent, corroded or distorted

    Pass / fail
  2. 10

    Snaphooks and carabiners self-locking, closing fully and needing two actions to open

    Pass / fail
  3. 11

    Adjusters and buckles hold

    Pass / fail
  4. 12

    Shock absorber pack intact and not deployed

    Pass / fail
  5. 13

    Self-retracting lifeline retracts fully and locks when pulled sharply

    Pass / fail
  6. 14

    Impact indicator not deployed; no sign the system has arrested a fall

    Pass / fail

Result

  1. 15

    Result

    Fit for use · Removed from service

    Choice
  2. 16

    Photo of any defect

    Photo
  3. 17

    Inspector

    Signature

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  • Checkpoint scan
  • Choice
  • Note
  • Pass / fail
  • Photo
  • Signature

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