Because a number of safety standards are available for fall protection equipment manufacture and use, it can be difficult to determine which standard should be followed, depending on the work being performed and the type of structure involved. For example:
While the intent of each of these standards is to improve upon and create uniform manufacturing requirements for equipment used by workers at height, there is little synergy between the writers of each standard. For this reason there can be entirely different manufacturing and/or testing requirements for the same piece of equipment, depending on which standard you follow.