Articles Tagged with ''Fall Protection''

Honeywell Safety Products launches the next generation of Miller Twin Turbo^™ Systems, now with the new G2 Connector for 100 percent tie-off. The patent-pending design delivers the industry’s lightest weight twin connector, which attaches to harness webbing below the back D-ring and features a Webbing Retainer Clip with a generous slot to accommodate thicker harness webbing designs.

On June 3, 2013, OSHA cited South River, NJ-based Mr. Concrete Corp. with four repeat and five serious safety violations, including scaffold and fall hazards, found at a Maywood, NJ, work site. OSHA's February inspection was initiated in response to imminent fall hazards observed by an OSHA compliance officer.

Last May, 28-year-old Adrien Zamora fell 40 feet from a scaffold while restoring an 11-story building in New York. It was his first day on the job, and he had not been given a fall protection harness or the necessary safety training. He left behind a wife and their two young daughters.

The average person’s reaction time is half a second. In that time you fall 4 feet. As you fall, gravity pulls you down and your speed quickly increases. That means your impact force increases too. And, once you start falling, you will stop only when you hit a lower surface. Still think you can catch yourself?

Fall protection, head protection and a truly portable LED lighting system are this week’s top products as featured on ISHN.com:

The theme for this year’s International Society for Fall Protection (ISFP) symposium – which immediately follows Safety 2013 – is “Don’t Play the Odds.” Organizers promise that it will challenge the complacency that is often related to fall hazard risk.