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WESTERN PUMP Petroleum & Lubrication Equipment Specialists Body belt (safety belt) means a strap with means both for securing it about the waist and for attaching it to a lanyard , lifeline , or deceleration device . Body harness means straps which may be secured about the employee in a manner that will distribute the fall arrest forces over at least the thighs , pelvis , waist, chest and shoulders with means for attaching it to other components of a personal fall arrest system . Buckle means any device for holding the body belt or body harness closed around the employee's body. Competent Person means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous , or dangerous to employees , and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them . Only the EMPLOYER can determine whether or not a worker is Competent in any particular area . Connector means a device which is used to couple (connect) parts of the personal fall arrest system and positioning device systems together. It may be an independent component of the system , such as a carabiner, or it may be an integral component of part of the system (such as a buckle or dee-ring sewn into a body belt or body harness , or a snap-hook spliced or sewn to a lanyard or self-retracting lanyard) . Controlled Access Zone (CAZ) means an area in which certain work (e .g . , overhand bricklaying) may take place without the use of guardrail systems , personal fall arrest systems , or safety net systems and access to the zone is controlled . Dangerous equipment means equipment (such as pickling or galvanizing tanks , degreasing units , machinery, electrical equipment, and other units) which , as a result of form or function , may be hazardous to employees who fall onto or into such equipment. Deceleration device means any mechanism , such as a rope grab , rip -stitch lanyard , specially- woven lanyard , tearing or deforming lanyards , automatic self-retracting lifelines/lanyards , etc . , which serves to dissipate a substantial amount of energy during a fall arrest, or otherwise limit the energy imposed on an employee during fall arrest. Deceleration distance means the additional vertical distance a falling employee travels , excluding lifeline elongation and free fall distance , before stopping , from the point at which the deceleration device begins to operate . It is measured as the distance between the location of an employee's body belt or body harness attachment point at the moment of Petroleum & Lubrication Equipment Specialists I I 3235 "F" Street, San Diego , CA 92102-3315 * 619-239-9988 Fax 619-239-9925 www.westempump . com California Contractor's License #673853 California Certified Small Business #33547