PSG's Guardian Retractable HLL (horizontal lifeline) is for use in either fall arrest or as part of a fall restraint system, which prevents the worker from reaching the leading edge of a fall hazard.

Despite special emphasis programs from OSHA and increasingly sophisticated fall protection equipment, falls from heights remain a serious occupational safety challenge. In 2006, the Bureau of Labor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to keeping workers safe, making sure they’re protected from falls is a top priority, especially in workplaces where they have to work from heights. A worker’s risk of falling is very ...

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 ...

Companies have a constant need to improve the safety of employees and the environment they work in. Supervisors and company leaders understand how quickly accidents can happen in the workplace and how ...