Pure Safety Group’s Guardian Fall Protection brand has introduced a new cable lanyard, compatible for leading edges, that combines the lightweight durability of a fixed-length lanyard that permits up ...

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 ...

The new lineup of 6-ft leading edge lanyards from Werner has been tested and approved for use over steel beams, B-Deck, and precast concrete. Each lanyard is made from ¼-inch 7x19 vinyl-coated ...

Upper Great Plains lineman Shayne Bender demonstrates how to use a buck hook with a self-retracting lanyard to ascend a steel lattice tower at fall protection training in Mead substation. When the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

All workers exposed to falls should be trained by a competent person to recognize fall hazards and to be familiar with available control methods and equipment. Three key components of a Personal Fall ...

OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in longshoring ...

Fall Protection continues to top OSHA’s list of the top 10 most frequently cited workplace standards, coming in at number one in 2023 for the 13th year in a row. OSHA 1926.501 addresses Fall ...