The following is a complete list of publications on our website with summaries of the articles in the Engineering Publications section.
Considerations for Fall-Arrest Anchor Points
By W. David Lough
All fall-arrest equipment must meet some sort of standard and pass some tests so equipment manufacturers can ensure end users and employers that the equipment will perform to specifications. These standards (ANSI Z359 Fall Protection Code) are the first defense in place to save lives while working at height. With all this thought, testing, and design put into equipment (harnesses, snaphooks, carabiners, lanyards, self-retracting lifelines, and ladder climbing sleeves), why would anyone connect to an anchor that is not designed, tested, or even certified for use as fall protection? Yet every day in the wind industry, workers are connecting compliant fall protection equipment to anchors that are not compatible, or were never designed or intended for use as a fall-arrest anchor. The only advantage to these anchors is that they are already in place. Just because an anchor is convenient, doesn't mean you should depend on it to save your life...Read More >>
Fall Protection and Rescue: A Systems Approach
By Kevin Denis
There are significant benefits to understanding fall protection and rescue systems as a whole and designing, planning and purchasing accordingly.
Over the last few years, several thousand miles, four different countries and more ladders and lifts than one cares to mention, new themes in fall protection and rescue have appeared in the wind industry. Fall protection program administrators have done a good job of acquiring and providing fall protection...Read More >>