Fall Protection Forum

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…

SRLs, or self-retracting lifelines, are a crucial part of any fall protection system….

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…

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…

Worker fall protection is a serious issue within the safety industry. In…

This blog was originally posted on 7/20/17 and rewritten on 3/6/24. Whether…

Trucking applications typically require fall protection because of the overall height of…

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…

Behavior-based safety (BBS) has been a large part of Environmental Health and Safety since the early 1980’s. Today, it’s become a contentious topic for some people, depending on which side of the debate you stand. BBS was designed to apply the science of behavioral change to safety. It’s a process…

QUESTION: Can we use a C-clamp as an anchorage on a fall protection…

If you work in an industry that requires the use of fall…

Before preparing and implementing fall protection procedures, it’s essential to perform a fall hazard survey for every workplace activity where workers are exposed to a fall hazard. Once you have identified potential fall hazards, the next step is to develop a fall hazard survey report. The point of this report…