Falltech 78012cssd Operator's manual

Post Anchors

User Instrucon Manual

MANC33 Rev B 020320FallTech 1306 S. Alameda Street Compton, CA 90221, USA Tel: 800-719-4619 Fax: 323-752-5613

This manual is intended to meet the Manufacturer’s Instrucons as required by the American Naonal Standards

Instute (ANSI) Z359 and should be used as part of an employee training program as required by the Occupaonal

Safety and Health Administraon (OSHA).

Table of Contents

1.0 Warnings and Important Informaon ..................................................................................

2.0 Descripon ..........................................................................................................................

3.0 Applicaon ...........................................................................................................................

4.0 System Requirements ..........................................................................................................

5.0 Installaon ...........................................................................................................................

6.0 Maintenance, Service and Storage ......................................................................................

7.0 Inspecon ............................................................................................................................

8.0 Labels ...................................................................................................................................

9.0 Denions ...........................................................................................................................

Appendix A .........................................................................................................................

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For purposes of this manual, the FallTech® Post Anchors in all iteraons may be referred to collecvely as the Post Anchor, the Anchor, the

anchorage connector, the equipment, the product, or the unit.

1.0 Warnings and Important Informaon

This product is part of a personal fall arrest, restraint, work posioning, suspension, or rescue system. A Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) is

typically composed of an anchorage and a Full Body Harness (FBH), with a connecng device, i.e., an Energy Absorbing Lanyard (EAL), or a

Self-Retracng Device (SRD), aached to the dorsal D-ring of the FBH.

These instrucons must be provided to the worker using this equipment. The worker must read and understand the manufacturer’s instrucons for

each component or part of the complete system. Manufacturer’s instrucons must be followed for proper use, care, and maintenance of this

product. These instrucons must be retained and be kept available for the worker’s reference at all mes. Alteraons or misuse of this product, or

failure to follow instrucons, may result in serious injury or death.

A Fall Protecon Plan must be on le and available for review by all workers. It is the responsibility of the worker and the purchaser of this

equipment to assure that users of this equipment are properly trained in its use, maintenance, and storage. Training must be repeated at regular

intervals. Training must not subject the trainee to fall hazards.

Consult a doctor if there is reason to doubt your tness to safely absorb the shock of a fall event. Age and tness seriously aect a worker’s ability

to withstand falls. Pregnant women or minors must not use this equipment.

Heavy users experience more risk of serious injury or death due to falls because of increased fall arrest forces placed on the user’s body. In addion,

the onset of suspension trauma aer a fall even may be accelerated for heavy users.

The user of the equipment discussed in this manual must read and understand the enre manual before beginning work.

NOTE: For more informaon consult the ANSI Z359 body of standards.

• Avoid moving machinery, thermal, electrical, and/or chemical hazards as contact may cause serious injury or death.

• Avoid swing falls.

• Follow the weight restricons and recommendaons in this manual.

• Remove from service any equipment subjected to fall arrest forces.

• Remove from service any equipment that fails inspecon.

• Do not alter or intenonally misuse this equipment.

• Consult FallTech when using this equipment in combinaon with components or subsystems other than those described in this manual.

• Do not connect rebar hooks, large carabiners, or large snap hooks to the FBH dorsal D-rings as this may cause a roll-out condion and/or

unintenonal disengagement.

• Avoid sharp and/or abrasive surfaces and edges.

• Use cauon when performing arc welding. Arc ash from arc welding operaons, including accidental arcs from electrical equipment, can

damage equipment and are potenally fatal.

• Examine the work area. Be aware of the surroundings and workplace hazards that may impact safety, security, and the funconing of fall arrest

systems and components.

• Hazards may include but not be limited to cable or debris tripping hazards, equipment failures, personnel mistakes, moving equipment such as

carts, barrows, fork lis, cranes, or dollies. Do not allow materials, tools or equipment in transit to contact any part of the fall arrest system.

• Do not work under suspended loads.

WARNING

IMPORTANT

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WARNING

Be sure to read, understand, and follow all instrucons and warnings in this manual.

Any misuse could result in serious injury or death.

3.0 Applicaon

3.1 Purpose: The FallTech® Post Anchors are designed to be used as a component in a Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS), to provide a

combinaon of worker mobility and fall protecon as required for inspecon work, general construcon, maintenance work, oil

producon, conned space work, etc.

3.2 Personal Fall Arrest System: A PFAS is typically composed of an anchorage and a FBH, with an energy absorbing connecng device,

i.e., a EAL, an SRD, or a Fall Arrester Connecng Subsystem (FACSS), aached to the dorsal D-ring of properly ed and adjusted FBH. All

uses and applicaons of a FBH with this equipment requires the FBH to be properly ed and adjusted to the user. Failure to properly

t the FBH to the user could result in serious injury or death.

3.3 Applicaon Limits: The FallTech® Post Anchors are a dynamic anchorage subsystem that varies in its performance depending upon

the length of the system and the type of PFAS system used. Care should be taken to understand the capacity of the system,

anchorage strength requirements, total allowable free fall, and the requirements how the user’s PFAS deploys during a fall event. The

longer the freefall, the greater the energy in the system and will result in more signicant clearance requirements and impact forces on

the body. Take acon to avoid sharp edges, abrasive surfaces, and thermal, electrical, and chemical hazards.

3.4 Approved Applicaons: Below are applicaons for which all FallTech® Post Anchors are specically suited. This list is not

all-inclusive, but is intended to ancipate the most common applicaons in which this product may be used.

3.4.1 Personal Fall Arrest: The FallTech® Post Anchors used as the anchorage component of a PFAS to protect the user

in the event of a fall. PFAS typically consists of an anchorage, a Full Body Harness (FBH), and a deceleraon device such as a

Energy Absorbing Lanyard (EAL) or Self Retracng Device (SRD). Maximum permissible free fall is 6  (1.8 m).

3.4.2 Restraint: The FallTech® Post Anchors may be used as a component of a restraint system to prevent the user from

reaching a fall hazard. Restraint systems typically include a full body harness containing a body belt and a lanyard or restraint

line.

3.4.3 Work Posioning: The FallTech® Post Anchors may be used as a component of a work posioning system to

support the user at a work posion. Work posioning systems typically include an FBH with integrated side D-rings, a body belt,

and a posioning lanyard. A back up PFAS is required when the user is exposed to a free fall of 2  (1.8 m) or more.

3.4.4 Rescue: The FallTech® Post Anchors may be used as an anchor in rescue operaons that require specialized

equipment beyond the scope of this manual.

2.0 Descripon

The FallTech® Post Anchors are single anchor point anchors available in 12” and 18” heights with two bases sizes and four dierent top

conguraons. Top conguraons include, a Swivel D-Ring, an SRL Cradle, a Welded Eye, and a Threaded Hole with a 5/8”-11 thread.

A weld on post is available for weld-on applicaons. See Figure 1 for details.

Figure 1 - About FallTech® Post Anchors

Image

Top Swivel D-Ring SRL Cradle Welded Eye Threaded

Hole Welded Eye Threaded

Hole

Height 12” or 18” 12” or 18”

Base Bolt-on 12” x 12” or 16” x 16” Weld-On

Base sizes are 12” x 12” for concrete and bolt-on steel mounng and the 16” x 16” base can be used in concrete, steel, and wood

applicaons, see Figure 2. Backing plates are also available. For base hole paern specicaons, see Appendix A.

Figure 2 - About FallTech® Post Anchor Bases

Image

Base 12” x 12” x 3/8” 16” x 16” x 3/8” 12” x 12” x 3/8” 16” x 16” x 3/8”

Usage Concrete, Steel Concrete, Steel, Wood Backing Plate

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4.1 Capacity: The Post Anchors covered in this manual are ANSI compliant, with a listed single user capacity of up to 310 lbs., including

clothing, tools, etc., and OSHA compliant, with a listed single user capacity of up to 425 lbs, including clothing, tools, etc. See Appendix A

for capacity informaon. No more than one PFAS may be connected to a Post Anchor at one me.

4.2 Compability of Connectors: Connectors are considered to be compable with connecng elements when they have been designed

to work together in such a way that their sizes and shapes do not cause their gate mechanisms to open inadvertently regardless of how

they become oriented. Contact FallTech® if you have any quesons about compability. Connectors must be compable with the

anchorage or other system components. Do not use equipment that is not compable. Non-compable connectors may unintenonally

disengage Connectors must be compable in size, shape, and strength. Self-closing, self-locking connectors are required by ANSI, CSA, and

OSHA.

4.3 Making Connecons: Only use self-locking connectors with this equipment. Only use connectors that are suitable to each applicaon.

Ensure all connecons are compable in size, shape, and strength. Do not use equipment that is not compable. Visually ensure all

connectors are fully closed and locked. Connectors (snap hooks, rebar hooks, and carabiners) are designed for use only as specied in this

manual.

4.0 System Requirements

ANever connect two acve components (snap hooks or carabiners)

to each other.

BNever connect two acve components (snap hooks or carabiners)

to a single D-ring at the same me.

CNever connect in a way that would produce a condion of loading

on the gate.

DNever aach to a object in a manner whereby the gate (of the

snap hook or carabiner) would be

prevented from fully closing and locking. Always guard against

false connecons by visually inspecng for closure and lock.

ENever aach explicitly to a constuent subcomponent (webbing,

cable or rope) unless specically provided for by the manufactur-

er’s instrucons for both subcomponents (snap hook or carabiner

and webbing, cable or rope).

FNever aach in a manner where an element of the connector

(gate or release lever) may become caught on the anchor thereby

producing addional risk of false engagement.

GNever aach a spreader snap hook to two side/posioning

D-rings in a manner whereby the D-rings will engage the gates;

the gates on a spreader must always be facing away from the

D-rings during work posioning.

Figure 3 - Non-Compable Connecons

4.5 Personal Fall Arrest System: PFAS used with this equipment must meet ANSI Z359 requirements. A full body harness must be worn

when this equipment is used as a component of a PFAS. As required by OSHA, the personal fall arrest system must be able to arrest the

user’s fall with a maximum arresng force of 1,800 lbs (8 kN), and limit the free fall to 6  (1.8 m).

4.6 Structure Mounng Strength: The structure and mounng hardware must be capable of withstanding a 60,000 in-lbs (6,779 N m)

moment and a 5,000 lbf (2268 kg) vercal load for the 12” Post Anchor or a 90,000 in-lbs (10,169 N m) moment and a 5,000 lbf (2,268 kg)

vercal load for the 18” Post Anchor. Installaons MUST comply with local regulaon standards and be approved by a Qualied

Person before use.

Select an anchorage locaon carefully. Consider structural strength, obstrucons in the fall path, and swing fall hazards. In certain

situaons, the qualied person can determine that a given structure is able to withstand the applied MAF of the PFAS with a safety factor

of at least two.

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5.0 Installaon

WARNING

Do not alter or intenonally misuse this equipment. Consult FallTech® when using this equipment in combinaon with components or

subsystems other than those described in this manual. All components or subsystems used with the anchors discussed in this manual must be

in compliance with ANSI Z359.

Take acon to avoid sharp and/or abrasive surfaces and edges when possible.

5.1. Plan the Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS): Examine the work area and take acon to address hazards. Falls are a serious hazard

when working at height. Training and equipment are the tools of fall hazard management. There are several closely related facets of fall

hazard management with a PFAS;

• Anchorage

• Minimum Required Fall Clearance (MRFC)

• Swing Fall and Expanded Work Zone

• Overhead (above the FBH D-ring) Anchorage

• Non-overhead (below the FBH D-ring) Anchorage

• Rescue Plan

5.2 Structure: Select a suitable mounng structure. See Paragraph 4.6.

5.3 Minimum Required Fall Clearance: The MRFC is the minimum distance a user needs between himself and the nearest obstrucon (or

ground) below the walking/working surface to avoid serious injury or death in case of a fall event. The user of this equipment must

determine the MRFC for units discussed in this manual to ensure adequate clearance exists in the fall path.

5.4 Swing Fall: A swing fall occurs when the worker moves laterally out from under the anchor and creates an expanded work zone

condion. If a fall event occurs, the worker would swing back toward the anchorage. The swinging acon generates considerable

force, and if the worker strikes an obstrucon or the lower level, this force could cause severe injury or death.

5.5 Pre-Use Inspecon: FallTech® requires that the following steps be taken during inspecon prior to each use of this Post Anchor:

1. Inspect the Post Anchor thoroughly for damage; inspecon should include checking for corrosion, dents, cracks, deformed, or bent

tubing, and welded areas for cracks.

2. Inspect the addional equipment used on the Post Anchor per the user instrucon manual for the specic equipment. Do not use

if the equipment fails inspecon.

3. Inspect all hardware for damage, excessive wear, corrosion, or missing parts.

Do not use the FallTech Post Anchor or addional equipment if it fails any part of this inspecon.

5.5 Concrete Installaon: FallTech® requires that the following steps be taken during the installaon of this Post Anchor.

Minimum Concrete Requirements: 6’ thick, 3,000 PSI.

Fasteners: Hil HSL-3 M10 Expansion Bolts or equivalent, if approved by Qualied Person or Professional Engineer.

Edge Distance: Edge setback in installaon locaon substrate as designed and approved by Qualied Person or Professional Engineer.

Follow the manufacturer’s instrucons for the installaon of fasteners. Install 8 fasteners as shown in on Figure 4.

Figure 4 - Concrete Installaon

Top View Side View

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5.6 Steel I-Beam with Backer Plate: FallTech® requires that the following steps be taken during the installaon of this Post Anchor.

Fasteners: 1/2” ASTM A307 Gr A Zinc Plated Low Carbon Steel Threaded Rod cut to length or equivalent, if approved by a Qualied Person

or Professional Engineer, a minimum of 8 each 1/2” Lock Washers, and 8 each 1/2” Hex Nuts.

Install a minimum of 4 threaded rods as shown on Figure 5. Torque evenly to 35 -lbs.

Figure 5 - I-Beam Installaon

Top View Front View Isometric View

5.7 Weld-On Installaon: FallTech® requires that the following steps be taken during the installaon of this Post Anchor.

Minimum Beam Flange Width: 4”

Minimum Weld Bead: 5/16” Fillet All Around

Weld must be performed by a AWS cered welder in accordance with all applicable regulaons and approved by a Qualied Person.

Weld

Figure 6 - Weld-On Installaon

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Figure 10 - Screw Installaon

5.8 Wood Installaon: FallTech® requires that the following steps be taken during the installaon of this Post Anchor.

Wood installaons require addional supports to the structure to provide added strength necessary in the event of a fall. Below are

guidelines for a Post Anchor installaon on a wood roof. All wood installaons must be approved by a Qualied Person or a Professional

Engineer.

Minimum Wood Requirements: 3/4” thick CDX plywood under 5/8” plywood roof sheathing. Provide four 2” x 6” support blocks

Fasteners:

1. #14-10 x 3” length Grade 8 Screws for Post Anchor Base Plate.

2. #14 x 3” length screws for each truss.

3. #14 x 2” length screws for wood deck.

1. Measure and cut four 2” x 6” Support Blocks and fasten, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 - Wood Roof Installaon - Support Blocks

2” x 6” Support Blocks

9”

3/4” Below Surface

22.5” max 22.5” max

2. Measure and cut two 3/4” CDX plywood sheets and place them onto the Support Blocks, see Figure 8.

3. Measure and cut one 5/8” plywood roof sheathing 48” long and place over the two CDX plywood sheets, see Figure 9.

Figure 8 - Wood Roof Installaon - CDX Plywood

4. Install thirty-three #14 x 3” screws, eleven screws on each truss, 4” apart; see the circle locaons in Figure 10.

5. Install thirty-six #14 x 2” screws onto the wood deck, 8” apart; see the square locaons in Figure 10.

6. Install the Post Anchor using forty #14-10 x 3” screws; see the hexagonal locaons in Figure 11.

Figure 9 - Wood Roof Installaon - Plywood Sheathing

48”

Measure

Figure 11 - Post Anchor Installaon

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6.0 Maintenance, Service, and Storage

7.0 Inspecon

7.1 Pre-Use Inspecon: Please review the Pre-Use Inspecon guidelines in Secon 5.5 for inspecon requirements.

7.2 Inspecon Frequency: FallTech requires all fall protecon equipment to be inspected by a competent person other than the user at

least once each year or more frequently if the condions exist. FallTech strongly recommends that a competent person conducts a hazard

assessment of the environment and determines the length of the inspecon intervals due to the site condions. The annual inspecon

shall be recorded on an inspecon log, including all deciencies. This inspecon should also be used as an opportunity to train any

authorized persons with respect to deciencies that they have failed to observe on their daily inspecons.

Inspecon Frequency

Type of Use Applicaon Examples Example Condions of Use Worker Inspecon

Frequency

Competent

Person

Inspecon

Frequency

Infrequent to

Light Use

Rescue and conned space,

factory maintenance

Good storage condions, indoor or infre-

quent outdoor use, room temperature, clean

environments

Before each use Annually

Moderate to

Heavy Use

Transportaon,

residenal construcon,

ulies, warehouse

Fair storage condions, indoor and extended

outdoor use, all temperatures, clean or dusty

environments

Before each use Semi-annually to

annually

Severe to

Connuous

Use

Commercial

construcon, oil and gas,

mining, foundry

Harsh storage condions, prolonged or

connuous

outdoor use, all temperatures, dirty environ-

ments

Before each use Quarterly to

semi-annually

7.3 Inspecon Results: If an inspecon reveals defects in or damage to the equipment, inadequate maintenance, or acvated fall

indicators, remove the equipment from service.

Maintenance: No scheduled maintenance is required, other than the replacement of items that failed inspecon.

Service: There are no specic service requirements for this system component.

Storage: If the unit is removed from its installaon locaon, it should be stored in a dry area free of corrosive elements that

may harm or cause the product not to funcon.

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Inspecon Record

Model #:_________________________ Serial #:_________________________ Date of Manufacture:_________________________

INSPECTION

DATE INSPECTOR COMMENTS PASS/FAIL CORRECTIVE ACTION NEEDED APPROVED BY

7.4 Inspecon Document: Record inspecon results on the Inspecon Record provided below or on a similar document.

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8.0 Labels

The labels must be present and legible.

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REV

TITLE

ITEM NO.

SIZE

SHEET

SCALE

412-05069

Label, Post Anchor, Various Info,

Warning, Inspection Grid

REVISIONS

REV

DRAWN

DATE

PRELIMINARY INITIAL RELEASE

DESCRIPTION

10-3-19 Sam

PRELIMINARY INITIAL RELEASE

10-14-19 Sam

THE INFORMATION EMBODIED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL AND ARE SUPPLIED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING

THAT THEY WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES

1:1

1/1

GENERAL NOTES:

WEIGHT (FOR REFERENCE ONLY)

N/A

Samuel Andrade

N/A

Polycarbonate coated vinyl

APPLICABLE STANDARDS:

ASME Y14.5-2009 & DIN ISO 2768

EXCEPTION: TRAILING ZEROS DENOTE

TOLERANCE

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED DIMENSIONS

ARE IN MILLIMETERS (mm)

TOLERANCES ARE:

0 to 6 ...........................................

6 to 30 .........................................

30 to 120 .....................................

120 + ...........................................

ANGLES .....................................

APPROVED

MFG

CHECKED

SURFACE ROUGHNESS

SURFACE FINISH

10-3-19

MATERIAL

DRAWN

10-14-19

N/A

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.5

PANTONE black C

PANTONE 152C

PANTONE 5415C

152mm

76mm

40mm

DIE CUT LINES

DO NOT REMOVE

LABEL

All Manufacturer’s instructions, labels, and warnings must be read

before use and followed at all times for proper use, maintenance,

and inspection. Users must be fully trained and knowledgeable

about all government and regulatory requirements applicable to

workplace safety. This equipment must be installed and used under

the supervision of a qualified person. Failure to follow instructions

or misuse of this product may result in serious injury or death.

Exercise caution using this equipment near hazardous thermal,

electrical, or chemical sources. Avoid contact with sharp edges,

abrasive surfaces, chemicals, salt water, acids, and alkalines. See

instructions for loading direction diagram and restrictions on use

with components, subsystems, or systems with which this product

is designed to be used. Inspect the system before each use,

following guidelines found in the user instruction manual supplied

with product at time of shipment. Do not use system if unsafe

conditions are present. Remove from service if equipment is

subjected to fall arrest forces. Always log inspection results in

user manual and on inspection grid label.

412-05069 Rev A

Model#:

Date of Mfr:

Serial #:

MARK ON DATE GRID A) INITIAL SERVICE DATE

B) DATE OF PASSED INSPECTION . IF UNIT FAILS INSPECTION

REMOVE IT FROM SERVICE

YEAR

Material: Steel

Meets: ANSI Z359.18-2017 Type D for Steel and Concrete

Meets: OSHA 1926.502 for Wood, Steel, and Concrete

Minimun Service Temperature: +10 F

Minimum Breaking Strength (MBS): 5,000 lbs.

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