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Advantages 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…
Read MoreIncorporated By Reference: Understanding OSHA and National Consensus Standards
The General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act [OSH Act §5(a)(1)] requires employers to “furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.” Many people are familiar…
Read MoreChoosing the Right SRL for your Fall Protection System and Application
SRLs, or self-retracting lifelines, are a crucial part of any fall protection system. SRLs connect workers to their anchor point and arrest falls with a built-in braking system. Every fall protection application is different, so it is important to know how to choose the right SRL for your specific application. It’s worth noting that Rigid Lifelines…
Read MoreCondition, Not Time, Determines When to Replace Your Personal Fall Protection Equipment
A common question in the fall protection industry is about life spans for personal fall protection equipment and if the equipment should be replaced every five years. As with many topics, there’s the short answer, and the more accurate, longer one. The short answer is no, you do not have to replace your equipment five…
Read MoreBenefits of Dual Track Rigid Rail Systems
The fall protection industry is growing rapidly. Safety mangers throughout the country are recognizing the need for fall protection in many fields, such as aviation, construction, manufacturing, and transportation, to name a few. With so many fall protection products flooding the market, how can you know which fall protection system is right for your facility?…
Read MoreFall Protection Is Not Just for People
Worker fall protection is a serious issue within the safety industry. In this day and age, most companies are aware that they must provide their workers with proper fall protection when working at height to comply with OSHA and ANSI regulations. However, the same consideration must extend to the tools their workers are using. This…
Read MoreStainless Steel vs. Galvanized Steel
This blog was originally posted on 7/20/17 and rewritten on 3/6/24. Whether constructing high-rise buildings, working in manufacturing facilities, unloading grains, or repairing railcars, fall protection systems are essential to ensure a safer working environment. However, when these systems aren’t manufactured with high-grade materials, they can be vulnerable to nature’s elements and compromise worker safety. That’s why galvanized…
Read MoreFall Protection Industry Solutions for Trucking and Transportation
Trucking applications typically require fall protection because of the overall height of the vehicles. The average height of an eighteen-wheeler, for instance, is nearly 14 feet. This height far exceeds OSHA’s four-foot height requirement for fall protection in general industry. Tanker trucks, flatbeds, platforms, semi-trailers, buses, garbage trucks, and fire trucks will (generally) require fall…
Read MoreVisual Literacy in Health and Safety
According to the Campbell Institute at the National Safety Council, at any point we are seeing only ten percent of what we perceive. You may think you are seeing the world accurately, but research shows that we are only capable of seeing approximately ten percent of that reality. Why? Because our brain works in fractions,…
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