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This manual is written for the technical staff of companies that have to design systems providing protection against falls; these systems consist of horizontal lifelines. It describes these systems’ principles of design and allows us to understand the magnitude of the forces involved. The forces that the horizontal lifelines apply to anchors is very high. Consequently, experienced technical staff must be in charge of the design process, the manufacturing and installation plans and the operating mode. Everything must be SUPERVISED AND APPROVED BY AN ENGINEER.
Paragraphs 2.10.12.3.d (i) to (iv) of Quebec’s Safety Code for Construction Work describe the minimum requirements of a system of horizontal lifelines whose design does not require the supervision and approval of an engineer.
This technical manual on the design of horizontal lifelines consists of six parts:
Évaluation d'un nouveau gilet-harnais de sécurité pour l'arrêt des chutes
Giguère D., Arteau J.
Source : in Colloque international de prévention des risques professionnels du bâtiment et des travaux publics, A.I.S.S., (12e : 1985 : Hambourg, Allemagne), 1985, p. 537-542
Human factors considerations in protective equipment evaluation: Case study of a safety harness
Source : in Annual Conference of the Human Factors Association of Canada, (18e, 1985, Hull, Québec), Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Human Factors Association of Canada, september 1985, Hull, 1985, p. 77-80
Le connecteur de charpentes métalliques : analyse des situations de travail et des méthodes de construction
Landat D., Arteau J.
Source : Annual Conference of the Human Factors Association of Canada, (19e, 1986, Vancouver, C.- B.), p. 111-114
Falls from elevations
Arteau J.
Source : Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th edition, Genève, Bureau international du travail, 1997, p. 58.70-58.75
Proposed method to test harness for strength and human factors criteria
Arteau J., Giguère D.
Source : in Fundamentals of fall protection, Sulowski, A.C. (ed.), Toronto, International Society for Fall Protection, 1991, p. 363-390
Source : in Proceedings of the 1st International fall protection symposium, (1st : 1989 : Orlando, Florida), International Society for fall protection, Toronto, 1989, p. 67-96