Jonny, Ther may have been a contract somewhere but have you ever heard the phrase "If you don't know and assert your rights you haven't got any"?
OSHA and just about every government agency proceeds upon the assumption that YOU are subject to their jurisdiction. Most of them really beleive it...
ANSI standards are formulated by a committee of Industry representatives. OSHA makes its own regs but where specific regulations have not been established by OSHA that agency will fall back on ANSI standards. Neither are law. ANSI's are just what they claim to be STANDARDS- a set of benchmarks...
It shan't be long 'ere ANSI Z 133 is modified to acknowledge EU standards and 22kn rated gear. There IS a difference in ratings in pounds and Kn ratings when they are "equal" when converted. The diff is that kn ratings take dynamic forces into account while lbs of force is a technically a static...
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