Articles Tagged with ''Fall Protection''

MSA Latchways Twin-Leg Mini Personal Fall Limiter (PFL) is the most compact and lightweight self-retracting lanyard (SRL) ever designed. PFL employs multiple spring radial technology to eliminate need for external energy-absorber.

MSA Latchways WinGrip is a vacuum anchor fall protection system for use in aircraft manufacturing and maintenance and other industrial applications.

Gear Keeper’s new RT3-5605 heavy-tool retractable tether’s ultra low profile keeps tools close to the body when stored while still allowing complete accessibility when in use. The retractor employs a very low 7 oz force to avoid arm strain when extended, but strong enough to keep the line taught to avoid snagging or interference with the work being performed.

In a product area that has evolved rapidly over the last decade, the ten-year-old standard guiding fall protection use was in need of an update. That assessment by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) led to the formation of a Z359 Committee, which developed new sub-standards that address fall restraint systems, work positioning systems, rope access systems, fall arrest systems and rescue systems.

Below is a quick rundown of the feature products the 3M Personal Safety Division will be showcasing at the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo October 15 – 21 in booth 1404.

An investigation that began after an OSHA compliance officer observed a roofing employee working on low slope roofs without fall protection turned up the information that it wasn’t first time the company had exposed its workers to life-threatening falls.

A new innovation in full-body harnesses is available for work-at-height professionals that require fall protection. The Freedom Harness™, developed and engineered by CMC and Roco, is a figure-8 style fall protection harness that integrates a patent-pending SwitchPoint System™ for improving the comfort and mobility of a suspended worker in a post-fall scenario.