Fall arrest points
Fall arrest points
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Hi I am looking at designing some restraint points (for fall arrest system) in masonry walls. first thoughts have been to provide two plates either side of the double leaf a connected with bolts . Anyone used alternative similar method?






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If this is not possible, you may be able to fit a channels on the flat to the inside of the wall to spread the loads vertically.
These are nasty things to make work in unreinforced masonry particularly to the 5kips or so that OSHA requires.
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We went around and around on the anchors attached to unreinforced masonry penthouses and always came to the same conclusion... no engineer was comfortable taking responsibility for applying what could potentially be an impact load to an unreinforced wall (no ductility).
If your client is a property manager, I feel your pain. They typically take the, "its a freakin cinder block wall - it can hold anything!" outlook.
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(just thinking out loud from what i've seen before)
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