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.