Fall Arrest

Most people who manage buildings where tradespeople access the roof have never seen a fall arrest lanyard deploy. If you have ever assumed the system would just work, that assumption is worth examining carefully before someone puts it to the test. A fall arrest lanyard is designed to stop a person from hitting the ground. But the mechanics of how it does that are more involved than most building owners realise, and those mechanics have a direct bearing on how a height safety system needs to be designed and installed. A lanyard that meets the standard is not the same [...]