Fall Arrest vs Fall Restraint
The Standard AS/NZS 1891.4 2009 has omitted “total restraint” and the use of “restraint equipment” from its scope. It states that it “aims to prevent fall arrest situations being misclassified as total restraint and the consequential provision of inappropriate protection systems.” In place of the “restraint system” that the previous Standard allowed, the standard now […]
Categories: Articles Tags: Fall Arrest, Fall Protection, Fall Restraint, Roof WorkWhat Fall Arrest Harness Should I Choose?
Before purchasing a fall arrest harness buyers should note that they are not all the same. A compliance level harness will have limited or no extra features while a specialty harness will have unique features to meet specific applications or non-standard environments. The following points should be considered when purchasing a harness. What tasks do […]
Categories: Equipment Tags: Equipment, Fall Arrest, Fall Restraint, HarnessesWhy Use Rope Access?
The low impact and versatility of a rope access team can mean that jobs normally requiring extensive scaffolding, road and pedestrian traffic control, expensive labour costs and disruption to tenants, can be done quickly and efficiently with limited disruption at a comparatively low cost. This was recently highlighted when a customer approached Height Dynamics to […]
Categories: Rope Access Tags: Commercial, SignageStorage of Your Height Safety Equipment
It is unlikely that your height safety equipment will ever be used to arrest a fall. Should that ever occur it is critical that it performs the task. Too often, workers take off their harness at the end of a shift, toss it in the back of a work van, tool locker, or sometimes leave […]
Categories: Equipment Tags: Compliance, Fall Arrest, Fall ProtectionSelf Retractable Lifelines – Horizontal Configuration
Self Retracting Lifelines or SRL’s. To most these are known as an Inertia Reels and more recently as Self Retracting Devices or SRD’s. When used correctly these devices provide excellent protection to falls from heights. As the devices are manufactured to lock off in less than 600mm they are very effective when used overhead. They […]
Categories: Equipment Tags: Equipment, Fall Arrest, Fall Protection, Roof Work, SRL