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9.0 Definitions
The following are general definitions of fall protection terms as defined by ANSI Z359.0-2012.
Anchorage: A secure connecting point or a terminating component of a fall protection system or
rescue system capable of safely supporting the impact forces applied by a fall protection system or
anchorage subsystem.
Anchorage Connector: A component or subsystem that functions as an interface between the
anchorage and a fall protection, work positioning, rope access or rescue system for the purpose of
coupling the system to the anchorage.
Arrest Distance: The total vertical distance required to arrest a fall. The arrest distance includes the
deceleration distance and activation distance.
Authorized Person: A person assigned by the employer to perform duties at a location where the
person will be exposed to a fall hazard.
Available Clearance: The distance from a reference point, such as the working platform, to the
nearest obstruction that an authorized person might contact during a fall which, if struck, could cause
injury.
Capacity: The maximum weight that a component, system or subsystem is designed to hold.
Certification: The act of attesting in writing that the criteria established by these standards or some
other designated standard have been met.
Certified Anchorage: An anchorage for fall arrest, positioning, restraint or rescue systems that
a qualified person certifies to be capable of supporting the potential fall forces that could be
encountered during a fall.
Clearance: The distance from a specified reference point, such as the working platform or anchorage
of a fall arrest system, to the lower level that a worker might encounter during a fall.
Clearance Requirement: The distance below an authorized person that must remain clear of
obstructions in order to ensure that the authorized person does not make contact with any objects
that would cause injury in the event of a fall.
Competent Person: An individual designated by the employer to be responsible for the immediate
supervision, implementation and monitoring of the employer's managed fall protection program who,
through training and knowledge, is capable of identifying, evaluating and addressing existing and
potential fall hazards, and who has the employer's authority to take prompt corrective action with
regard to such hazards.
Component: An element or integral assembly of interconnected elements intended to perform one
function in the system.
Connecting Subsystem: An assembly, including the necessary connectors, comprised of all
components, subsystems, or both, between the anchorage or anchorage connector and the harness
attachment point.
Connector: A component or element that is used to couple parts of the system together.
Deceleration Distance: The vertical distance between the user's fall arrest attachment at the onset of
fall arrest forces during a fall, and after the fall arrest attachment comes to a complete stop.
Energy (Shock) Absorber: A component whose primary function is to dissipate energy and limit
deceleration forces which the system imposes on the body during fall arrest.
Fall Arrest: The action or event of stopping a free fall or the instant where the downward free fall has
been stopped.
Fall Hazard: Any location where a person is exposed to a potential free fall.
Free Fall: The act of falling before a fall protection system begins to apply forces to arrest the fall.
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