New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals
Subchapter A - The Industrial Code
Part 21 - Protection Of Persons Employed At Window Cleaning-structural Requirements, Equipment And Procedures
Section 21.12 - Test requirements for safety belts

Universal Citation: 12 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 21.12

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Required test performance. Prior to approval by the board of a safety belt, a specimen shall be tested by a testing laboratory approved by the board. The complete assembly of the safety belt shall be capable of holding a 250 pound weight falling free for a distance of four feet.

(b) Test procedure. In performing the test, the test weight shall be a rigid object 36 inches in girth and having a weight of 250 pounds. It shall be held by the waist band and secured by the belt buckle, in the same manner as when the belt is worn by a window cleaner. One belt terminal shall be attached to a rigid anchor and the test weight shall fall free for a distance of four feet from a point in vertical alignment with the point of suspension.

(c) Test report. Two copies of the complete report by the testing laboratory, including a detailed description of the test specimen, the test procedure and test results shall be submitted to the board by the laboratory.

(d) Test specimen. A cleaner shall not be suffered or permitted to use a safety belt or any part thereof which has been used as a test specimen.

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