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Common Fall Protection Equipment Misuses and How to Address Them
It’s always important to provide fall protection for people working at height. 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 must be used correctly, and employees should be trained and know how to avoid common fall protection misuses.
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Benefits of Dual Track Rigid Rail Systems
The fall protection industry is growing rapidly. With so many fall protection products flooding the market, how can you know which fall protection system is right for your facility?
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Emphasizing Workplace Safety Increases, Not Decreases, Your Productivity
The relationship between safety and productivity has a perception problem in American workplaces.
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Fall Protection Is Not Just for People
Worker fall protection is a serious issue within the safety industry. However, the same consideration must extend to the tools their workers are using. This consideration is vital to protect not just workers at height, but people who may be passing through the work zone below.
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Stainless Steel vs. Galvanized Steel
Outdoor work environments are subject to ever-changing elements. Galvanized and stainless steel are the best prospects for your system’s defense against corrosion.
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Rigid Ramblings Top 10
We've been posting on our Rigid Ramblings blog for almost seven years. In that time, we’ve written over 300 posts covering a wide range of topics related to fall protection and workplace safety. So, we compiled a list of our most popular blog posts based on your comments, questions, and clicks!
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The Fall Protection Revolution
Safety has come a long way since the advent of early fall protection. Learn about the history of fall protection and the revolutionary changes it's undergone over the years.
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Visual Literacy in Health and Safety
Have you ever heard the idea that as human beings we only use ten percent of our brain? Well, experts suspect that this is true for safety as well.
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Does Behavior-Based Safety Still Apply?
Behavior-based safety, which is designed to apply the science of behavioral change to safety, has been a large part of Environmental Health and Safety since the early 1980’s.
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Ask Rigid Lifelines: C-Clamps as an Anchorage in Fall Protection
Can you use a C-clamp as an anchorage on a fall protection travel restraint system?
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