September 2009
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Height Safety Wearing a Full Body Harness
Height Safety Wearing a Full Body Harness
There is so much more to wearing a full body harness to work than simply throwing it on and hoping for the best. Every type of full body harness has to be worn in the same way, whether it is standard polyester non elasticised webbing, or elasticised harnesses. There are a number of points on the harness you need to be aware of.
On the rear of the harness...
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The NEW Force Value Harness Safety Range
The NEW ‘Force’ Value Harness Safety Range
A new harness safety range has been launched by Leading Edge the Forcefull body harnesses is the result of their new harness product development and is part of a large harness safety product development program designed to offer both premium quality and design harnesses safety - made in the Leading Edge Factory in the United Kingdom - at an affordable...
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The Number 1 Mistake Using Fall Arrest Equipment
The Number 1. Mistake Using Fall Arrest Equipment
All too often Leading Edge trainers visit work sites only to find people working at height making the same mistake again and again.
Is it a minor mistake? No! It is one that would be catastrophic if the worker should fall.
Some people think that the number one mistake as a worker operating without safety equipment. Not so!
The number one...
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Working at height After the fall
Working at height - After the fall
After the fall - Suspension Trauma / orthostatic intolerance - the need for a plan to rescue
Leading Edge stresses the importance of thorough planning for rescue
Planning for rescue and emergencies when employees work at height is a legal and moral responsibility for all employers.
Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 obliges employers to...