Tip of the Week No. 213 - 07/14/08 - Tripods

A single tripod may be used for both vertical-entry access support and a fall arrest lifeline anchorage. Tripod attachments must be reasonabley independent of each other or, without a recognized failure mode, based upon the opinion of a Qualified Person.

Note that "reasonably independent" means that no recognized hazard exists for that situation where both loadline and lifeline could fail simultaneously.

See "Introduction to Fall Protection, 3rd Edition" page 275.

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