Fall Protection Forum

The effectiveness of any fall protection system depends on the proper use…

When working on top of a fire truck, do firefighters need to…

Safety standards and workplace safety measures are important to any safety program….

The holidays are a notoriously busy time for families and businesses alike. Whether a family has ordered gifts online or a business needs a new piece of safety equipment, people in the trucking industry are extremely busy receiving and delivering shipments at the end of the year. Along with a…

Fall protection systems are designed to keep people safer while they work at height. But, if the systems are not used properly, there can be some very deadly consequences. There are a startling number of reports of people who have died while using a fall protection system or some form…

This blog was originally posted on 10/22/2014 and reviewed 3/9/2021. Disclaimer: The staff of Rigid Lifelines are not medical experts. If a worker is experiencing suspension trauma, seek medical assistance immediately. Historically, rescue planning is the part of a fall protection program that most workplaces forget. This forgotten planning usually…

Because of the similar structure of material handling cranes and engineered track fall protection systems, it can seem more efficient to use a fall protection system for the purposes of material handling. However, there are unique design differences between equipment used for fall protection and material handling. The design difference…

Almost everyone in the world has performed a task in a manner that is unsafe. Whether you’ve stood on a wheeled office chair to change a light bulb or used two-by-fours to prop up your car while you change a flat tire, the fact remains that sometimes people will choose…

Being in charge of safety in a hazardous work environment can be a challenging position. Between enforcing the safety protocol within the work environment, encouraging people to follow the safety protocol, and educating people about how they are supposed to follow the safety protocol, there are many things that must…

When people are working at height outside, the weather can have a huge impact on their safety. If a worker at-height begins to experience the symptoms of heat illness, it increases the risk that he or she will experience an unintended loss of balance. Knowing the symptoms and preventative measures…

When fall protection equipment first became part of OSHA’s legislation, there weren’t a lot of specific rules that had been created. At the time that the laws were first initiated, there was very little information available about fall protection equipment. As a result, there was not a thorough understanding about…

Marijuana consumption for both medicinal and recreational use is slowly gaining more acceptance in American society. And with that acceptance comes new questions about governmental regulation. Most companies have a strict policy about having employees who are sober and not under the influence of alcohol while they are at work;…