Fall Protection Forum

As workplace falls increase in industrial and construction facilities, more employers are installing fall protection systems. While many employers will…

The American National Standards Institute, or ANSI, is an independent, non-profit agency that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for various industries. The agency works to ensure consistency and safety, as well as to assure worldwide acceptance of common standards, applicability, and terminology. ANSI also accredits standards developed by…

Let’s look at suspension trauma, also known as harness trauma. Very simply stated, suspension trauma is injury or death caused by blood flow restriction while hanging suspended in a harness waiting for rescue assistance. This is why self rescue is so important. As required by OSHA law: 1910… So let’s…

Here at Rigid Lifelines™ we frequently recommend that customers have their fall…

Swing falls in the industrial work place can result in significant injuries…

Falls are serious hazards, especially in environments where workers perform their duties…

The fall protection industry is evolving. In its earliest form, workers used hemp ropes to tie around their waists in the event of a fall. During the latter part of the 20th Century, advances in technology took the concept of a rope and put it overhead in the form of…

When looking to identify and address fall hazards in any working environment, it is important to understand the different types of falls that a worker may face while performing their daily tasks. Falls can be categorized into three types: falls on a single level, falls to a lower level, and…

Personal fall arrest systems, or PFAS, include anchorage, body support or body…

If you’re looking to install a comprehensive fall protection system for workers,…

It’s always important to provide fall protection for people working at heights. OSHA requires fall protection any time someone is working four feet above the ground or higher for general industry or six feet or higher for construction. But it’s not enough just to have fall protection equipment: that equipment…

  Fall protection systems are made up of a variety of precision…