What is the first thing that you think about when you see the words “fall protection?” Do you think of a harness? Guard rails? Or perhaps you think of OSHA violations and worker’s compensation cases.

The worker safety company 3M is asking customers to immediately stop using two devices designed for fall protection after the corporation discovered major issues that “could expose the worker to ...

New FallTech white paper explains why Class 1 and 2 SRL distinctions affect electric utility work conditions. Updates to the American National Standards Institute's self-retracting lifeline (SRL) ...

Twenty-seven years ago in Alberta, Canada, a lineman fell off a wooden transmission structure and died from his injuries. He was wearing the traditional lineman belt with a single pole strap. Alberta ...

With cooler temperatures comes earlier sunsets, and an array of stunning colors across the country. However, it's also the beginning of various new challenges for businesses. Fall brings on cold and ...

A partnership of standards, ANSI/ASSE Z359-2007 Fall Arrest Code, which takes effect this month, provides general industry with knowledgeable, practical norms and guidelines essential to a proactive ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Fall protection can be defined as a system or means to prevent or reduce the severity of injuries from a fall. Often, when we think of fall protection, we think of someone ...

Approximately 300,000 disabling injuries occur in work-related falls each year. 85% of workers surviving falls lose time from their jobs. This poses a serious problem for exposed workers and their ...

Jelco has a complete line of arc-flash compliant harnesses, lanyards and SRLs to meet the needs of transmission, distribution, substation and generation. User feedback was integral in designing the ...

Mechanics often perch precariously on top of fuselages or dangle their torsos off the leading edge of wings to maintain or service aircraft. An aircraft's aerodynamic shape by design makes some parts ...