---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 142.42"
title: "33"
number: "142.42"
heading: "Safety belts and lifelines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/142.42"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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