ASP question for October 17, 2026

ASP Domain 2: Safety Programs and Concepts

A crew is working from a two-point adjustable suspension scaffold fitted with an overhead protection canopy. The supervisor plans to tie each worker's lanyard to a separate vertical lifeline. Each lifeline would be anchored to a structural steel member of the building, independent of the scaffold, and padded at the roof edge to prevent abrasion. Is this fall arrest plan acceptable?

1. AYes, as long as each worker has a separate lifeline, so that no two lanyards share the same point of anchorage.
2. BNo. Building structural members are not safe anchorage points for vertical lifelines, so the lifelines must be tied to the scaffold's outrigger beams.
3. CYes. The lifelines are anchored to building structural steel, are independent of the scaffold, and are protected from abrasion, which is all the standard requires.
4. DNo. Vertical lifelines cannot be used on a two-point suspension scaffold that has overhead components such as a canopy, so another permitted attachment method is needed.