How to Break a Carabiner

Guy Pearce | March 19, 2013

I was recently given the opportunity to walk around the work site of one of Brisbane’s major infrastructure projects. The safety team had asked me to take photos and provide feedback to them on my observations. The misuse of safety equipment onsite constantly amazes me. Some of the images are shared below. End anchors of […]

Categories: Dangerous Things Tags: Anchor Systems, Compliance, Safety

Pod Bag and Rope Access Chair

Guy Pearce | March 13, 2013

Height Dynamics manufacturers a range of Height Safety products on our premises. Our brand “Rockworks” started back in the mid 1990’s making products liken rope protectors and rock climbing accessories with Height Dynamics now manufacturing over 50 different items. Two of our most popular items are then Pod Bag and Rope Access Comfort Chair. The […]

Categories: Equipment Tags: Gear Zone

Rollgliss No Worries

Guy Pearce | January 29, 2013

SRTE was acquired back in 2011 by Capital Safety and since then we have seen a number of changes to this iconic rope access/rescue range. One of the most popular products is the Rollgliss No Worries rescue descender. This month we wanted to highlight this product and some of its features. The Rollgliss No Worries […]

Categories: Equipment Tags: DBI-Sala, Descenders, Gear Zone, Rescue

You Can Lead a Horse to Water

Guy Pearce | December 12, 2012

Even with the industry standard training, Australian Standards approved height safety equipment and certified fall arrest anchor points, some people stilln find it hard to Work Safe at Heights. On this roof there are certified anchor points installed for working at heights. The anchor points were positioned to allow persons working on the roof to […]

Categories: Dangerous Things Tags: Fall Arrest, Fall Protection, Roof Work, Safety

Dangerous Installations

Guy Pearce | October 22, 2012

The Height Dynamics compliance/audit team inspect a number of anchors and systems in the course of their daily duties. Increasingly they are coming across unsafe and uncompliant height safety anchors and static lifelines being installed as fall arrest systems on roofs. These unsafe installations aren’t discovered until either the installation is inspected for height safety […]

Categories: Dangerous Things Tags: Anchor Systems, Fall Arrest, Fall Protection, Roof Work, Safety