Tom Wolner is vice president of engineering with Capital Safety, which designs and manufactures height safety and fall protection equipment. Wolner also serves on the American National Standards Committee on Standards for Fall Protection and other related standards committees. For more information about the update to ANSI Z359.1, visit www.capitalsafety.com.
ANSI Z359.1 was published as the first in a series of standards meant to address comprehensive fall protection programs. Only now are the remaining items in the series, those addressing equipment and programs outside the realm of fall arrest, coming to fruition.