PDFWAC 296-878-15020
Select appropriate carabiners.
(1) You must use carabiners for connecting hardware or attaching boatswains' chairs, descent devices, and lifelines to anchors.
(2) You must use carabiners with a minimum tensile load of five thousand pounds.
(3) You must make sure carabiners are either manual or auto-locking.
Note: | You may secure a rope to an anchor with a knot if normal daily use of the rope will not decrease its initial breaking strength below five thousand pounds. |