Do not use guardrails as anchorage points for fall arrest equipment unless a structural engineer approves them for that specific purpose. There must be an engineering drawing that indicates which specific locations are suitable as anchorage points; what equipment, by rating, may be used; and how that equipment is to be attached. Anchorage points should be labeled as such.
See “Introduction to Fall Protection, 4th Edition” page 162.
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