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Wood Truss Installation Loads Due to OSHA Fall Protection
Recent changes to the fall protection exemption for residential construction require that all workers at 6 feet above a lower level must have a net, guardrail system, or be attached to a personal fall arrest system. The purpose of this paper is to examine the capacity of anchorages for personal fall arrest systems on light-frame wood truss roofs. A novel lateral load testing device was used to load trusses out of plane. Both mono-slope queen post single trusses and two braced king post trusses were tested. Lateral loads of single trusses were approximately 10% of the capacity required for a personal fall arrest system. Variable displacement rates greater than 25.4 cm/min produced similar maximum load and failure results to impact testing. Workers should never tie off to a single truss element. Further research is underway to develop suitable truss assemblies that can be used as anchorages.
Wood Truss Installation Loads Due to OSHA Fall Protection
Recent changes to the fall protection exemption for residential construction require that all workers at 6 feet above a lower level must have a net, guardrail system, or be attached to a personal fall arrest system. The purpose of this paper is to examine the capacity of anchorages for personal fall arrest systems on light-frame wood truss roofs. A novel lateral load testing device was used to load trusses out of plane. Both mono-slope queen post single trusses and two braced king post trusses were tested. Lateral loads of single trusses were approximately 10% of the capacity required for a personal fall arrest system. Variable displacement rates greater than 25.4 cm/min produced similar maximum load and failure results to impact testing. Workers should never tie off to a single truss element. Further research is underway to develop suitable truss assemblies that can be used as anchorages.
Wood Truss Installation Loads Due to OSHA Fall Protection
Hindman, D. P. (author) / Koch, L. M. (author) / Morris, J. (author) / Smith-Jackson, T. (author)
Structures Congress 2013 ; 2013 ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Structures Congress 2013 ; 1255-1264
2013-04-30
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Wood Truss Installation Loads Due to OSHA Fall Protection
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