A comprehensive overview of personal fall arrest systems and the life-threatening reality of suspension trauma.

THERE are hundreds, if not thousands, of available fall protection systems and temporary anchors that end users can buy, install, and use when and where they are required. For example, a worker can ...

These systems are designed to stop a fall — not to prevent it. Most of the requirements here apply to the equipment itself. The employer needs to ensure that equipment purchased for personal fall ...

Editor's Note: Daniel Huntington delivered a webinar on fall protection that can be accessed for free, on-demand, here. In the realm of occupational safety, few challenges are as widespread and ...

It is the responsibility of the RIT Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Department to help ensure the safety of employees working from heights of four feet or greater. RIT EH&S will review these ...

Tree stand-related falls caused 15 accidents, one of them fatal, in Illinois last year, according to the Illinois Department ...

“Tree stand injuries are largely preventable when hunters use reliable fall arrest gear and inspect every part of their stand before climbing,” Whitchurch said. “The thrill of the hunt should never ...

OSHA reports that fall protection [1926.501] was the No. 1 most frequently cited standard in the 2022 fiscal year. In Part 2, we covered the first two subparagraphs cited under fall protection. Now we ...