Harness Inspection & Fall Protection

Safety harnesses are the equipments mainly used at construction sites to prevent sudden fall as well as serious accidents. These equipments save life of workers during height works.  Safety harnesses come in a variety of styles with options for ease of use, connection points, D-ring options, comfort, and personal fit and buckle types. These are available for work and recreational use as well as home use. There are safety harnesses used mainly for construction, for window washing, Tree Climbing, Electrical work, Lineman, Oil rigging, roofing as well as general purpose just to name a few. But before starting any work it is necessary to do harness inspection.

When buying a safety harness be sure and make sure that the manufacture is in compliance with guidelines. A reputable business or manufacture should list that there products meet or exceeds the listed standards. Be sure to check if the product meets ANSI, CSA standards and is ISO certified. The first safety issue that should be considered is mechanical failure of the safety harness while at work which may lead to fatal injuries to the workers. This can be curbed thorough inspection of the safety harness before it is deployed to the work site. 

Another major safety risk is falling from the working platform. Safety guidelines for fall protection include making sure there are no oily or wet parts on the platform that may lead to sliding, using harnesses that are tightly anchored to the platform, and always holding firmly on the guardrail while working. The workers need to also employ the use of barricades, safety lines or other safety measures to mark the area within which the cherry picker is being used. 

Several fall prevention gadgets like harnesses, lifelines and other similar devices can be used to reduce the accidental falls, which cannot be restricted by railing and netting systems. Individual fall arrest devices like harnesses, lanyards, lifelines, which are capable of supporting minimum weight of 5000 pounds should be used to aid fall prevention. Connectors and anchorage points supporting the same should also be included in the safety devices. Fall protection safety standards also require specific safety training to be given to the employees. The employees should know how to potentially identify and reduce the fall hazards. They should be well aware of all the safety gadgets to be used in case of emergency from erecting to using them perfectly to dissembling them. Hence it is necessary to have proper information about all safety equipments.

Fall Arrest System to Ensure Safety

To ensure safety of workers, it is necessary to install fall arrest systems at construction sites. These equipments are available in the market in different shapes and sizes. There are numerous devices which help safe-guarding the workers working over heighted and sensitive locations of the building, where the risks of the fall are high. Out of these, one of the used fall arrest system is safety harness. This system consist of a variety of equipment ranging from harnesses to full body harnesses, from safety nets around construction areas to guard rails on scaffolding and edges of buildings.

As for fall protection equipment like snug harnesses, these will be equipment that will keep your workers from falling no matter where they are on the rooftop or the construction area. There are available solutions and products that can be purchased from your local hardware store. These tools for fall protection are very cost-efficient and suitable for any type of roofing material. 

Fall arrest systems fall into the active category when this requires awareness on the part of the user. Passive fall arrest systems are those that do not require user awareness for it to be effective. In such setup, handrails, guardrails, barriers, platforms, scaffolding protection, roof edge protection and ladder stabilizing mechanisms are applied. It is not only the construction industry that relies on fall protection systems. The oil and gas and power generation industries also depend on fall protection systems. There is indeed on-going research by manufacturers to better improve the quality of fall protection systems. 

Buying the best fall arrest system is not a guarantee that accidents will not occur since equipment is merely one part of the picture. Getting management and worker involvement is also necessary and the only way to ensure this is to give both parties lectures on height safety and fall safety systems.

Netting systems are a perfect solution for tall building construction projects to protect the workers below from falling debris along with providing active solutions for preventing fall hazards of the workers working at heights. They are available in varied shapes, sizes and come with the complete installations tools like brackets, cables, etc. Prevention is the way you can achieve safety and security for your workers. Fall arrest systems and corresponding lectures are not a one-shot deal as you will need to update equipment and train employees yearly so long as your company exists.  Simple fall protection equipment that isn't really expensive will keep your workers from injuring themselves or killing themselves in case of a fall.