Confirm and document the building owner's written anchorage certification required before any employee uses an anchorage for a rope descent system
domain: osha-1910-27-anchorage-certification · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Request written information from the building owner stating each anchorage has been identified, tested, certified, and maintained to support at least 5,000 lb per attached employee in any direction, per 29 CFR 1910.27(b)(1)(i)
Confirm the certification is based on an annual inspection by a qualified person
Confirm full anchorage certification (not just inspection) has occurred at least once within the prior 10 years, since OSHA's own text sets a 10-year certification interval rather than an annual one
Retain the owner's written anchorage information for the duration of the job on site, as required by 1910.27(b)(1)
Do not permit any employee to attach to an anchorage until this written information is obtained
Known gotchas
Do not rely on unwritten assurances from a building engineer or property manager - the standard requires written information from the owner, not verbal confirmation
Industry references to a flat '10-year load test' requirement can blur OSHA's own text (annual inspection plus certification at least every 10 years) with separately-sourced ANSI/IWCA I-14.1 test-method guidance; verify which document is actually being cited before repeating the claim to a client
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