[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.104]

[Page 185]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E_Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
 
Sec. 1926.104  Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards.

    (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 5,400 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.