Free fall definition
Free fall means the act of falling before a personal fall arrest system begins to apply force to arrest the fall.
Free fall means a method used to place grout in a water well or borehole that meets all of the following conditions:
Free fall means the act of falling before a personal fall arrest system begins to apply force to arrest the fall. "Free fall distance" means the vertical displacement of the fall arrest attachment point on the employee's body belt or body harness between onset of the fall and just before the system begins to apply force to arrest the fall. This distance excludes deceleration distance, and lifeline/lanyard elongation, but includes any deceleration device slide distance or self-retracting lifeline/lanyard extension before they operate and fall arrest forces occur. "Guardrail system" means a barrier erected to prevent employees from falling to lower levels.
Examples of Free fall in a sentence
Free fall capacity, if present, shall be positively locked out or disabled.
More Definitions of Free fall
Free fall means the vertical distance from the onset of a fall to the point where the fall arresting system begins to apply force to arrest the fall. For example, distance from the carabiner before the fall to the carabiner at the first instant of arrest.
Free fall means the act of falling before the system begins to apply force to arrest the fall.
Free fall means the act of falling before the personal fall arrest system begins to apply force to arrest the fall. OSHA did not propose a definition for this term. The term and definition in the final rule are identical to the ones used in the final rule on powered platforms [54 FR 31470]. OSHA has determined that the inclusion of this definition is appropriate for purposes of clarity and to provide guidance consistent with that set in the powered platforms standard. OSHA believes that the following language which appeared in the final rule on powered platforms (54 FR 31447) is applicable to this rulemaking: