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What Is the Difference between a Self-Retracting Lifeline and a Fall Protection Lanyard?
Construction sites and manufacturing plants can be hectic, with large teams of workers carrying out different tasks. Everyone is doing their part to get the job done. As a business owner, you know the importance of high productivity on each of your jobsites. But more than that, you care about your employees’ safety throughout every step…
Read MoreWorkplace Safety and Human Factors: Fatigue
Safety standards and workplace safety measures are important to any safety program. Many kinds of equipment and safety practices effectively reduce risks and eliminate hazards in the workplace. Safety products, such as personal fall protection systems, personal protective equipment, and many others, can help companies comply with legal workplace regulations and provide a safe working…
Read MoreWhat is Fall Restraint?
As Director of Sales and Business Development for Rigid Lifelines, I am often asked the following two questions by distributors or end-users new to the fall protection industry: What Is a Fall Restraint System? Can Rigid Lifelines Provide a Fall Restraint Rigid Rail System? 1. What Is a Fall Restraint System? Unlike fall arrest systems,…
Read MoreWorkplace Safety and Rigid Track Systems
Approximately one in three American workers believe that productivity is valued over workplace safety, according to the National Safety Council. However, research has shown that everyone benefits when safety is a top priority. In fact, productivity actually goes up when an effective workplace safety program is in place. That’s where rigid track systems can come…
Read MoreHierarchy of Fall Protection
The term fall protection covers a broad range of topics and ideas. The Hierarchy of Fall Protection is a system intended to help select the most effective form of fall protection that can be used in any application. Fall protection can generally be broken into two distinct groups: fall prevention and fall arrest. The first,…
Read MoreWhat to do After a Fall Event
Many of our blogs focus on ways to eliminate hazards, prevent workplace accidents, and avoid injuries. Many blogs also emphasize the kinds of hazards that remain after a fall is arrested, including swing falls and suspension trauma. But what about the steps to take after a fall event? What should you do after a worker…
Read MoreSwing Falls and How They Happen
Swing Falls are one of the most dangerous, and sometimes fatal, events that can happen to a worker when working at height. When implemented correctly into a workplace, fall protection improves worker safety by preventing a worker from striking the ground during a fall event. However, when fall protection is used incorrectly, the danger of…
Read MoreHow to Select a Qualified Safety Trainer for Your Facility
The role of a safety trainer in an organization is an important one, and it can sometimes be a difficult role to fill. A safety trainer needs a thorough understanding of best safety practices and the ability to teach and train effectively. To meet these requirements, a person should not only be an expert in…
Read MoreAdvantages of Portable Base Swing Arms
One of the fundamentals in fall protection is keeping the worker safe and mobile while they are performing their normal job duties. This goal sounds simple, right? However, fall protection has many variables and can be much more complicated than anticipated. The fall protection provider’s job is to make it as simple as possible and…
Read MoreImproving Safety Committee Effectiveness
An effective safety committee is an important part of developing and maintaining a successful safety program. Unfortunately, companies sometimes have disorganized or unfocused safety committees, which can lead to poor safety results. So what can safety professionals do to fix an ineffective committee? The Problem The first thing to do is to find out why…
Read MoreFive Reasons People Don’t Use Fall Protection
OSHA requires workers to use fall protection when working at a height of four feet or higher for general industry. This requirement is intended to protect workers in the event of a fall, but many people will find reasons to avoid using fall protection. Unfortunately, these reasons often seem valid in the moment, but they…
Read MoreThe Cost of a Poor Safety Program
The Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index identifies the most common and costly workplace injuries to help employers identify safety risks and allocate resources. The index ranks types of serious, nonfatal injuries by their direct costs to U.S. businesses in a year. Serious injuries are considered any work-related injuries and illnesses that result in employees missing…
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