OAR 437-003-1423
Fall Protection

(1)

Personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems must use personal fall arrest components that conform to the criteria in Division 3/M Fall Protection.
NOTE: Except that 1926.502(d)(15), Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices/Personal fall arrest systems (anchors), does not apply to components used in personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems. (See 1926.1423(g) and 437-003-1423 (Fall Protection)(3))

(2)

When employees are assembling, disassembling or otherwise performing work on a walking/working surface of a crane with an unprotected side or edge more than 10 feet above a lower level, the employer must provide fall protection systems and ensure they are installed and used according to the criteria in Division 3/M, Fall Protection.

(a)

When moving point-to-point:

(A)

On non-lattice booms (whether horizontal or not horizontal).

(B)

On lattice booms that are not horizontal.

(C)

On horizontal lattice booms where the fall distance is 10 feet or more.

(b)

While at a work station on any part of the equipment (including the boom, of any type), except when the employee is at or near draw-works (when the equipment is running), in the cab, or on the deck.

(3)

Anchorage criteria. 1926.502(d)(15), 1926.502(e)(2), and 437-003-0502 (Personal Fall Restraint)(4) apply to equipment covered by this subdivision only to the extent delineated in paragraphs 1926.1423(g)(2) and (3).

(4)

Tower cranes. When employees are erecting, climbing, dismantling or otherwise performing work on a walking/working surface of a tower crane with an unprotected side or edge more than 10 feet above a lower level, employers must ensure that fall protection systems are provided, installed, and used according to the criteria in Division 3/M, Fall Protection.

(5)

Anchoring to the load line. A personal fall arrest system is permitted to be anchored to the crane/derrick’s hook or other part of the load line when all of the following requirements are met:

(a)

A qualified person determines that the set up and rated capacity of the crane/derrick, including the hook, load line and rigging, meets or exceeds the requirements in 1926.502(d)(15).

(b)

The operator is informed that it is being used for this purpose and is in view of and no more than 25 feet from the operator station/cab.

(c)

No load is suspended from the crane/derrick when the personal fall arrest system is anchored and used.

(d)

The crane/derrick is not moved when the personal fall arrest system is anchored and being used.

(6)

Training. The employer must train each employee who may be exposed to fall hazards while on, or hoisted by, equipment covered by this subdivision on the applicable requirements in OARs 437-003-1599 and 437-003-0502 (Personal Fall Restraint).

Source: Rule 437-003-1423 — Fall Protection, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=437-003-1423.

437‑003‑0001
Adoption by Reference 437‑003‑0003
Purpose 437‑003‑0005
Additional Applicability 437‑003‑0006
General Oregon Definitions 437‑003‑0007
Additional Rules of Practice for Administrative Adjudications 437‑003‑0011
Additional Definitions 437‑003‑0015
Drinking Water 437‑003‑0017
Additional Definitions to Concrete and Masonry Construction 437‑003‑0020
Toilets 437‑003‑0027
Applicable Rules 437‑003‑0037
Acceptable Equipment 437‑003‑0045
Additional Definitions 437‑003‑0047
Working Near Overhead High Voltage Lines and Equipment 437‑003‑0062
Lead Respiratory Protection Program 437‑003‑0065
Extension Ladders 437‑003‑0071
Manually Propelled Elevating Aerial Platforms 437‑003‑0073
Boom Supported Elevating Work Platforms 437‑003‑0074
Scissor Lifts — Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms 437‑003‑0080
Wind Velocity Device 437‑003‑0085
General Requirement 437‑003‑0090
Pinchpoints 437‑003‑0094
Personnel Platforms 437‑003‑0096
Underground Installations 437‑003‑0134
Personal Protective Equipment 437‑003‑0404
Branch Circuits 437‑003‑0420
Traffic Control 437‑003‑0502
Personal Fall Restraint 437‑003‑0503
Training Requirements 437‑003‑0706
Protection of Employees On or Near Masonry Walls 437‑003‑0752
Site-Specific Erection Plan 437‑003‑0753
Tag Lines 437‑003‑0761
Additional Training Requirements 437‑003‑0905
Flooring 437‑003‑0910
Temporary Floors 437‑003‑0915
Shoring, Bracing or Guying of Structures 437‑003‑0920
Project Plans 437‑003‑0925
Powder-Actuated Tools 437‑003‑1000
Oregon Rules for Air Contaminants 437‑003‑1101
Asbestos Respiratory Protection Program 437‑003‑1127
Cadmium Respiratory Protection Program 437‑003‑1423
Fall Protection 437‑003‑1500
Additional Definitions 437‑003‑1501
Fall Protection 437‑003‑1502
Warning Line Systems for Roofing Work 437‑003‑1752
Written Notifications 437‑003‑1754
Roof and floor holes and openings 437‑003‑2501
Protection From Falling Objects 437‑003‑2502
Safety Monitoring Systems 437‑003‑3060
Methylenedianiline Respiratory Protection Program 437‑003‑3224
Vehicle Drivers and Riders 437‑003‑3225
Vehicles for Highway and Road Operation Characteristics and Maintenance 437‑003‑3226
Vehicles for Use on Property Other Than Public Roads and Highways Operation, Characteristics and Maintenance 437‑003‑3600
Equipment
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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