- Author
- Fattal, S. G. | Cattaneo, L. E. | Turner, G. E. | Robinson, S. N.
- Title
- Personnel Guardrails for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Labor, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 76-1132, November 1976,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- accident prevention; industrial accidents; loads (forces); personnel; anthropometry; standards; reviews; performance standards; design; tables (data)
- Identifiers
- occupational safety and health; guardrails
- Abstract
- Existing information is compiled which would assist in determining structural and non-structural safety requirements for guardrails used for the protection of employees against occupational hazards. Critical aspects of guardrail safety are identified through exploratory studies consisting of field surveys of prototypical installations, reviews of existing standards and industrial accident records, and compilation of relevant anthropometric data. These exploratory studies will be utilized to design an experimental program which will consist of structural tests to determine design loads and non-structural tests to determine geometric requirements for guardrail safety.