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UNDERSTANDING FALL PROTECTION What is Fall Protection? Fall protection is the use of controls designed to protect personnel from falling or in the event they do fall, to stop them without causing severe injury. Typically, fall protection is implemented when working at height, but may be relevant when working near any edge, such as near a pit or hole, or performing work on a steep surface. The fall protection system is designed to restrain or arrest the fall from heights.

Fall Protection can either be Active or Passive

Active Fall Protection Systems

Fall protection includes systems like body belts, harnesses, lanyards, and their connecting attachments such as SRLs, rope lines, lifelines etc that require some effort by the users to make the protection effective. The use of either of the above-mentioned systems is only decided when a Risk Assessment has been completed prior to work commencing.

Anchor/ Anchorage Points

The critical problem in all active fall protection - the anchorage point - is the position on an independent structure to which the fall protection device or lanyard is securely attached. Supervisor and users must also access and manage the hazards below and to the side of the anchoring point to ensure that the user does not strike or swing into any obstacles should he or she fall. The full body harness is a key part of an active fall arrest system. The harness distributes the impact forces safely across the users body in the event of a fall whilst ensuring that the user who has fallen, remains suspended in an upright position after the fall has occurred. A Lanyard is the connecting element in a fall protection system between a Harness and an Anchorage Point. They can be used in Fall Arrest or Restraint depending on the application and the products selected for the task. It allows limited lateral movement on the job. Its length and placement of the anchor determines the amount of free fall a User experiences before the protective device stops the fall.

Full Body Harness

Lanyards

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