33 CFR § 142.42 - Safety belts and lifelines.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s142.42"
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title: "33 CFR § 142.42 - Safety belts and lifelines."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "142.42"
section_name: "Safety belts and lifelines."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "142"
part_name: "WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "43 U.S.C 1333(d)(1), 1347(c), 1348(c); 49 CFR 1.46(z)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 79-077, 51 FR 25059, July 10, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.