designforce of a person hanging under a roof
designforce of a person hanging under a roof
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Our company is designing loading stations for trucks.
What is the designforce of a safety belt for a person attached to the structure underneath the roof?
And is it specified in a code?
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What is the designforce of a safety belt for a person attached to the structure underneath the roof?
And is it specified in a code?
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RE: designforce of a person hanging under a roof
If the worker is wearing a shock absorbing lanyard the maximum arrest force is supposed to be 900 lbs.
I'm guessing you're in Europe, and I would also guess that it is spec'd in a code somewhere. You can't really go wrong designing for a load of 5000lbs (per person attached to anchor) but you should double check with your local codes.
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I was asking this because of the light construction we need to make.
(Always that budget discussion
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but we don't know what code proscribes something like that.
Greeings, and thank You all
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200 kgf?, we have quite a lot people wieghs over 200 kgf here. OSHA and lawer will soon find you in court.
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o, You fat Americans
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Try sizing an anchor for 5000 lbs (22.2 kN) and you will come up with a very manageable size for your anchor. 5000 lbs isn't really that large of a load to deal with.
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but the structure of the roof.
Why design it for 22.2 kN when aprrox. 2 kN is needed.
And what code?
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RE: designforce of a person hanging under a roof
Why do you think it only needs to be 2 kN (450 lbs)? As mentioned earlier, if someone takes a fall with a shock absorbing lanyard the fall arrest force is 900 lbs. If someone isn't wearing a shock absorbing lanyard that number gets a lot of bigger...I don't have the reference infront of me, but I know that it doesn't take a very large drop to develop these forces.
And if the anchor isn't a worry for you, then the structure should be even less of a worry for you...surely you can size a beam to take a 22.2 kN point load.
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