A quick-acting braking system that arrests falls within inches, not feet, has safety managers retiring their shock-absorbing lanyards in favor of a new generation of compact, lightweight personal fall ...

Falls account for four of the top 10 OSHA Citations and Fall Protection – General Requirements remain top of the list for the 14 th year in a row. We’ve prepared this brief to help you better ...

The 6-ft. leading edge lanyards have been tested and approved for leading edge use over steel beams, B-Deck and precast concrete. Available in four models made from 1/4-in. 7x19 vinyl-coated ...

A new ANSI standard will do away with “leading-edge,” or LE, designations on new self-retracting fall-arrest equipment and make the choice of types of gear more straightforward beginning August 1, ...

Capital Safety says its DBI-SALA EZ-Stop Lanyard is lighter than ever and employs the industry’s first modular design with components that can be replaced individually when worn or damaged, rather ...

James Maddux, director of OSHA’s Directorate of Construction, has rescinded a January 2009 letter of interpretation regarding the use of a particular shock-absorbing lanyard in aerial work platforms ...

Any company with personnel who work at heights must have a fall protection plan to be in compliance with the new ANSI Z359.2 standard. The recently approved ANSI Z359.2 standard, “Minimum Requirements ...

It has been said that you don’t know what you don’t know. My goal with this article is to show you something you “didn’t know you didn’t know” about fall protection for firefighters. Before you turn ...