Defender Gate™ safety barriers can be used in larger hole situation and our hatch netting products can be used in the instance of a small manhole style opening or rectangle floor opening.ġ910.28(b)(7) Openings. It is important that each employee is protected from falling through a hatchway and chutefloor hole. Our gate lineup has an EasyGlide folding gate which can easily open and be moved out of the way when not in use.ġ910.28 Each employee is protected from falling into a ladderway floor hole or ladderway platform hole by a guardrail system and toeboards erected on all exposed sides, except at the entrance to the hole, where a self-closing gate or an offset must be used. Bollard bases are removable in order to quickly remove the top half on the bollard installed safety net systems. Our warehouse barrier nets are flexible, unlike other barriers which make them incredibly easy to stow away, being able to be unattached from one end, walked to the other to be hooked neatly until it is redeployed. Section E4.1.1 states ' The guardrail system may be removable, but should preferably be hinged or otherwise mounted so as to be conveniently put back in service.' Max deflection and sag at the center point are also limited at 3 inches each, which our product meets when properly installed and tightened. If you must abide by ANSI standards only use our 8 foot models as in plant barriers. The above loads are not additive.ĥ.6.2 ' removable railing system constructed of flexible materials' requires these systems to be anchored by rigid supports spaced no more than 8 feet apart. The end or terminal post shall be capable of withstanding a load of 200 pounds (90.7kg) applied in any direction at the top of the post. The intermediate rail shall be capable of withstanding a horizontal load of 160 pounds force applied perpendicularly at midpoint and midheight without exceeding the maximum allowable deflection of three inches (76mm). As a minimum, it shall withstand a concentrated load of 200 pounds (90.7kg) applied in any direction, except upward, at the midpoint between posts without exceeding maximum allowable deflection. The completed railing systems shall be designed and constructed for its intended use to preclude system failure. The completed railing systems shall be designed using standard engineering practices and safety factors.

Wall barriers for openings should be of such construction and mounting that, when in place at the opening, the barrier is capable of withstanding a load, as specified in 5.6.1.ĥ.6.1 The anchorage of posts and framing members for railing systems of all types shall be designed using standard engineering practices and safety factors. Hazard areas must be guarded by 'rail, roller, picket-fence, half-door or an equivalent barrier.' What ANSI thinks of thisĪNSI A1264.1-2007 “ Safety Requirements for Workplace Walking/Working Surfaces and Their Access Workplace, Floor, Wall and Roof Openings Stairs and Guardrails Systems,” a document put out by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE): ANSI Barrier Requirements General rules state that guarding floor and wall openings and holes requires fall protection from elevations of 4 feet in industry workplaces. ' The employer must ensure each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following guardrail systems safety net systems or personal fall protection system. 1910.28 includes unprotected sides and edges.

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