Z359 - Fall Protection & Arrest Standards

ANSI Z359 fall protection standards cover safety harnesses, self-rescue systems, climbing ladders, positioning lanyards, and other important equipment to keep workers safe. Multiple Z359 standards are available for free download, including ANSI/ASSP Z359.1, the fall protection code.

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ASSP Z359.0-2023

Z359 Committee Guidance Document for Definitions and Nomenclature Used in Z359 Fall Protection and Fall Restraint Standards

This document is a compilation of definitions and nomenclature used in the ANSI/ASSP Z359 series of standards for fall protection programs, systems, and equipment.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.1-2024

The Fall Protection Code

The Fall Protection Code is a set of standards that covers the following for the processes used to protect workers at height in a managed fall protection program: program management; system design; training; qualification and testing; equipment, component, and system specifications. This standard identifies those requirements and establishes their role in the Fall Protection Code and their interdependence.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.2-2023

Minimum Requirements for a Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Program

This standard establishes criteria and requirements for an employer’s fall protection program including policies, responsibilities, training, survey and identification of fall hazards, procedures, controlling fall hazards, rescue planning, program implementation, incident investigation and evaluating program effectiveness.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.3-2019

Safety Requirements for Lanyards and Positioning Lanyards

Part of the Fall Protection Code. This standard establishes requirements for the design, performance, qualification testing, test methods, marking, instruction, training, maintenance and removal from service of lanyards and positioning lanyards for users within the capacity range of 130 to 310 pounds (59 to 140 kg).

ANSI/ASSP Z359.4-2013 (R2022)

Safety Requirements for Assisted-Rescue and Self-Rescue Systems, Subsystems and Components

This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, use, maintenance and removal from service of connectors, harnesses, lanyards, anchorage connectors, winches/hoists, descent control devices, rope tackle blocks and self-retracting lanyards with integral rescue capability comprising rescue systems utilized in pre-planned self-rescue and assisted-rescue applications for one to two persons.

ANSI/ASSE Z359.6-2016

Specifications and Design Requirements for Active Fall Protection Systems

This standard is intended for engineers who are trained as qualified persons and who have expertise in the design of active fall protection systems. It specifies requirements for the design and performance of complete active fall protection systems, including travel restraint and vertical and horizontal fall arrest systems.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.7-2019

Qualification and Verification Testing of Fall Protection Products

This standard specifies requirements for equipment, facilities, specimens to be sampled and documentation when testing ANSI/ASSP Z359 Fall Protection Code products. This standard commonly addresses the requirements for qualification and verification testing for all ANSI/ASSP Z359 product standards, as required by ANSI/ASSP Z359.1, The Fall Protection Code.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.11-2021

Safety Requirements for Full Body Harnesses

This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, test methods, inspection, use, maintenance and removal from service of full body harnesses (FBH). FBHs are used for fall arrest, positioning, travel restraint, suspension and/or rescue applications for users within the capacity range of 130 to 310 pounds (59 to 140kg).

ANSI/ASSP Z359.12-2019

Connecting Components for Personal Fall Arrest Systems

Part of the Fall Protection Code. This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, test methods and removal from service of connectors.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.13-2013 (R2022)

Personal Energy Absorbers And Energy Absorbing Lanyards

This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design criteria, marking, qualification and verification testing, instructions, inspections, maintenance and removal from service of personal energy absorbers and energy absorbing lanyards for users within the capacity range of 130 to 310 pounds (59 - 140kg.). It is the intention of this standard to require all personal energy absorbers and energy absorbing lanyards to reduce the forces implied on the user to less than 10 Gs (10 times the normal gravitational pull of the earth). Users below 130 pounds may experience forces higher than 10 Gs.

ANSI/ASSP Z359.14-2021

Safety Requirements for Self-Retracting Devices for Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems

This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, qualification testing, markings and instructions, inspections, maintenance and storage, and removal from service of self retracting devices (SRDs) including self-retracting lanyards (SRLs), self-retracting lanyards with integral rescue capability (SRL-Rs), and self-retracting lanyards, personal (SRL-Ps). This standard establishes requirements for SRDs intended for use in personal fall arrest or rescue systems for authorized persons within the capacity range of 130 to 310 pounds (59 to 141kg).

ANSI/ASSP Z359.15-2024

Safety Requirements for Single Anchor Lifelines and Fall Arresters for Personal Fall Arrest Systems

This standard establishes requirements for the design, performance, qualification testing, test methods, marking, instruction, training, maintenance, and removal from service of single anchor lifelines and fall arresters for users within the capacity range of 110 to 310 pounds (50 to 140 kg).

ANSI/ASSE Z359.16-2016

Safety Requirements for Climbing Ladder Fall Arrest Systems

This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification testing, instructions for use, inspection, maintenance, storage and removal from service of vertically oriented Climbing Ladder Fall Arrest Systems (CLFAS) consisting of flexible and rigid carriers with multiple attachment points and associated carrier sleeves for users within the capacity range of 130 to 310 pounds (59 to 141kg).

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