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Des Plaines, IL – The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced the approval of three new fall protection standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), aimed at preventing these hazards in the workplace. The three standards are: ANSI/ASSE Z359.6-2009 “Specification and Design Requirements for Active Fall Protection Systems;” ANSI/ASSE Z359.12-2009 “Connecting Components for Personal Fall Arrest Systems;” and ANSI/ASSE Z359.13-2009 “Personal Energy Absorbers and Energy Absorbing Lanyards”.

Aimed at preventing injuries and death due to falls, the ANSI/ASSE Z359.6-2009 specifies requirements for the design and performance of complete active fall-protection systems, including travel-restraint and vertical horizontal fall-arrest systems. The ANSI/ASSE Z359.12-2009 standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, test methods and removal from service connectors. The intention of the ANSI/ASSE Z359.13-2009 standard is to require all energy absorbing lanyards and personal energy absorbers to reduce the forces implied on the user to less than 10 times the normal gravitational pull of the earth. In addition, users of energy absorbing lanyards must weigh within the range of 130 to 310 lbs (59 – 140 kg).

The ANSI/ASSE Z359 ASC for Fall Arrest/Protection is also working on 10 additional Z359 standards projects aimed at protecting workers from falls.

Read the full story at asse.org.

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