33 CFR 142.42 - Safety belts and lifelines.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Apr 29, 2025

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§ 142.42 - Safety belts and lifelines.

(a) Except when moving from one location to another, personnel engaged in an activity where there is a hazard of falling 10 or more feet shall wear a safety belt or harness secured by a lanyard to a lifeline, drop line, or fixed anchorage.

(b) Each safety belt, harness, lanyard, lifeline, and drop line must meet the specifications of ANSI A10.14.

authority: 43 U.S.C 1333(d)(1), 1347(c), 1348(c); 49 CFR 1.46(z)

source: CGD 79-077, 51 FR 25059, July 10, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 33 CFR 142.42