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Fold Away Fall Arrest System
Offers Protection Without
Obstructions...
At nearly 200 tons, with a grinding surface
nearly 10 feet tall and treads as tall as the
average American man, the track trenching and
surface mining machines built by a Midwest
company aren’t easily disrupted by obstacles in
their path. Building those machines, however,
was creating a series of problems that were
getting in the way of safely producing them.
It doesn’t take long before the assembly reaches
a point where its workers were at an elevated
risk, and the safety conscious company was well
aware of the problems they faced.
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OSHA guidelines require that any person
performing work at just 4’ of elevation have
some form of fall protection.
In order to provide the most
fall protection coverage without
obstructing the crane movement,
they installed four Tether Track
fold away fall arrest systems.
The systems feature dual track
rails so that each track can
support two workers. Two of the
systems are 100’ long and two
are 150’, and they are supported
every 50’ by wall cantilever
style jibs. One jib per Tether
Track system is motorized so
that it can either be easily
positioned at any point in the
jib’s 180 degree coverage areas,
or folded flat against the wall.
The systems were installed on
opposing walls, which allowed
full rectangular coverage
beneath the overhead bridge
cranes.
“The operators will move the
parts into position with the
hoist and set them down. We can
deploy the Tether Track system
and bring the hoist in over the
top of it, drop the hoist down
through the rectangle the jibs
and runs make, and we can hoist
that product into place.
Operators can be tied off while
they are assembling and
positioning those parts. We
don’t need to stop what we’re
doing, and the workflow can
continue as it needs to. ”
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Ranger Mobile Anchor, the newest
in our Tether Track line of
products.
The Ranger Mobile Anchor represents complete
flexibility in fall arrest anchors.
The Ranger permits workers to maneuver and
set-up in areas where periodic maintenance and
related activities must be performed on large
equipment. Additionally, the Ranger is the
perfect solution when inspections must be
performed on outdoor generators, holding tanks
and other large pieces of equipment that have no
reliable options for tie-off. Used in
conjunction with a full body harness and
self-retracting lifeline, the Ranger Mobile
Anchor provides a complete fall arrest system on
the go. |
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Insights and
Implications to Guide Your Fall Arrest Decisions
Maximum Arresting Force (or M.A.F.) is a term
you will hear frequently used in association
with fall protection, so it’s better to
understand the term before you encounter it (if
you’ve already encountered it, better late than
never!). In simple terms, M.A.F. is exactly what
it sounds like: the maximum amount of force
produced on your body as your fall is being
arrested.
Gorbel, turned to several industry experts to
help clarify some of these issues. The complete
findings, and potential solutions, are found in
the ebook, "Fall Arrest: Insights and Ideas for
Workplace Compliance," This article provides a
summary of common issues, as well as solutions.
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Informative Posts from Safety Blogs...
Simplified Safety's Fall Protection Blog
Beginner's Guide: Maximum Arresting Force
Maximum
Arresting Force (or M.A.F.) is a term you will hear frequently used in
association with fall protection, so it’s better to understand the term before
you encounter it (if you’ve already encountered it, better late than never!). In
simple terms, M.A.F. is exactly what it sounds like: the maximum amount of force
produced on your body as your fall is being arrested.
Read
the entire article...
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OSHA Fines Set to Rise in 2016
It has long been lamented by those trying to rein in employers with poor safety
performance, that OSHA has not had the teeth to enforce regulations the way they
need to be enforced. From understaffing to penalties that are miniscule compared
to penalties imposed by other government agencies, fear of OSHA enforcement has
taken a backseat to fear of insurance premium hikes, loss of insurance coverage,
and lawsuits. For some time now, it seems to be those repercussions that have
driven companies to compliance (obviously, there are companies that do it simply
because they care about the well-being of their employees and do not need the
threat of financial repercussions, but those companies also probably have little
concern for penalty increases).
Read the entire article...
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Occupational Safety & Health
Workers Not Always Using Their Fall Protection Equipment?
Here's how companies can improve workers' safety harness compliance.
By Tim Thompson Apr 01, 2016
Despite alarming statistics that indicate falls from height remain the number
one cause of death in the construction industry—accounting for more than 36
percent of all work-related deaths in 2013, according to the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration—many workers continue to avoid using proper fall
protection equipment, including their safety harness, each and every time they
work at height.
Year after year, the number one most frequently cited OSHA violation is the lack
of proper fall protection, indicating that the compliance challenges employers
have experienced in the past will continue to be the challenges they will deal
with in the future, unless something radically changes in the industry.
Read the entire article..
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