Safety harness inspection checklist
Use this template to ensure that your harness is in good condition before use to reduce the risk of falling. begin with providing a description about safety harness usage then attach a photo of it. carefully inspect each part of the harness and its connections (snap hooks, lanyard and tie-off adaptors::Anchorages). make sure to check the label of each to identify the type of harness, model, manufacturing details, limitations and warnings. complete the inspection by rating the overall condition and providing recommendations to improve safety.
What does this form include?
This form contains 11 sections:
Description of work on which a safety harness will be used
Take a photo of the equipment
Full Body Harnesses
- Does the legible tag identify the harness, model, date of manufacture, name of manufacturer, limitations and warnings
- Nylon webbing is free of cuts, burn marks, and chemical damage
- Webbing is free of tears, broken fibers, frayed edges, and pulled stitches
- Harness webbing has no additional holes
- D-rings are free of excessive wear, pits, deterioration, cracks, and sharp edges
- D-rings pivot freely
- Buckles are not deformed or cracked, and will operate correctly
- All grommets are secure and not deformed
- All rivets are tight and not deformed
- Tongue/straps show no excessive wear from repeated buckling
Snaphooks
- Snaphooks have no hook and eye distortions
- Snaphooks have no cracks and pitted surfaces
- Keeper latches are not be bent, distorted, or obstructed
- Keeper latches seat into the nose without binding
- Keeper springs securely close the keeper latches
- Locking mechanism was tested to verify that keeper latches lock properly
- All rivets are tight and not deformed
- Tongue/straps show no excessive wear from repeated buckling
Type of Lanyard
Lanyard
- Nylon webbing is free of cuts, abrasions, burn marks, and chemical damage
- Webbing is free of tears, broken fibers, frayed edges, and pulled stitches
- Wire rope lanyard is free of cuts, frayed areas, and unusual wearing patterns
- Shock absorber pack is free of burn holes and tears
- Shock absorber pack stitching is free of loose strands, rips, and deterioration
- Flag on shock-absorbing lanyard has not been activated
- D-rings are free of excessive wear, pits, deterioration, cracks, and sharp edges
- D-rings pivot freely
- Body has no visible physical damage
- All back nuts or rivets are tight
- Nylon strap is free of any burns, kinks, knots, and excessive wear
- Nylon strap is free of tears, broken fibers, frayed edges, and pulled stitches
- Nylon strap retracts freely
- Unit was tested to verify that the locking mechanism is operating correctly
- Impact indicator free from rupture of colored stitching, elongated indicator
- Webbing free from cuts, burns, tears, abrasions, frays, excessive soiling and discoloration, corrosion which effects the operation and/or strength
- Stitching free from pulled or cut stitches
- All labels are legible and securely held in place
- All wire rope are free from broken wires, corrosion, kinks, and separation of strands
- All synthetic rope are free from pulled or cut yarns, barns, abrasions, knots, excessive soiling and discoloration
- Energy absorbing component free from elongation, tears, and excessive soiling
Tie-Off Adaptors/Anchorages
- Tie-off adaptor is free of cuts, abrasions, burn marks, and chemical damage
- Tie-off adaptor is free of tears, broken fibers, frayed edges, and pulled stitches
- Tie-off adaptor is free of signs of deterioration, heat damage, and stretching
- Unit was tested to verify that the locking mechanism is operating correctly
Horizontal Lifelines
- All labels are present, legible, and securely attached
- Lifeline rope has no visible physical damage
- All metallic parts for evidence of defects, damage, alteration, and missing parts
Recommendation
Write down your recommendation
Inspected by (Name and Signature)
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