N.J. Admin. Code § 12:185-17.3

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 12:185-17.3 - Safety belts and life lines

(a) The employer shall, where necessary, provide life lines and safety belts for the employees, and it shall be the duty of the employees to continually wear such safety belts and life lines when exposed to the hazard of falling from their place of work.

(b) Some of the places where such equipment shall be worn are:

1. When working in rock-storage bins;

2. When drilling on narrow benches; or

3. When scaling quarry faces.

(c) No employee shall use a safety belt or life line without careful inspection immediately before use.

(d) When in use a life line shall either be secured to prevent its being accidentally loosened or dislodged, or it shall be attended by another employee, who shall be stationed at a point near where the line is fastened, so that it can be adjusted or kept tight, if needed, with minimum slack in said line at all times.

(e) Seriously worn or damaged belts or life lines shall be promptly removed from use and destroyed.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:185-17.3

Amended by R.2006 d.428, effective 12/4/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 3130(a), 38 N.J.R. 5165(b).
Recodified 17.3.1 through 17.3.5 as (a) through (e) and 17.3.2a through 17.3.2c as (b)1 through (b)3; in (b)1, substituted a semicolon for a period at the end; and in (b)2, substituted "; or" for a period at the end.