Fall

Guardian Fall Protection Unveils Leading-Edge Cable Lanyard

December 11, 2020

Pure Safety Group’s Guardian® Fall Protection brand has introduced a new cable lanyard, compatible for leading edges, that combines the lightweight durability of a fixed-length lanyard that permits up to 12 feet of fall protection during the event of a free fall from an at-height working surface. Through extensive research and development in Guardian’s ISO/IEC:10725-compliant…

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Top OSHA Workplace Violations – Fall Protection Training Requirements, Construction – Regulation 29 CFR 1926.503

December 8, 2020

Fall Protection Training Requirements, Construction Regulation 29 CFR 1926.503 Enforcement from Oct 2018-Sept2019 Total citations: 2,168 Total inspections: 2,111 Total proposed penalties: $3,361,214 Most Frequently Violated OSHA Standard Ranking – Number 8 Industries most often violating fall protection training requirements in construction standard: Specialty Trade Contractors $3,064,014 (in proposed penalties) Construction of Buildings $251,036 Merchant…

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Pure Safety Group Joins British Safety Industry Federation

November 24, 2020

Global fall protection company Pure Safety Group (PSG) announced a multi-faceted engagement with the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), the Safety and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) association in the UK. As part of the partnership, PSG will become a member of BSIF, and PSG CEO Jeff Ward will join the organization’s board of directors. In…

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Milwaukee Adds Hard Hat Lanyards to Lanyard Lineup

November 16, 2020

Milwaukee Tool broadens its Tool Lanyard lineup with the introduction of a Hard Hat Lanyard with Clip and a Hard Hat Lanyard with Loop. These lanyards are designed to securely tether hard hats and improve jobsite safety while reducing user frustration. “Furthering our commitment to keeping employees safe on the jobsite without hindering productivity, we…

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Ergodyne Responds to Increase in Dropped Object Injuries & Fatalities with Six New Preventive Solutions

November 10, 2020

Ergodyne bolstered its offering of dropped object prevention solutions with ten new additions to the Arsenal® and Squids® lines. All of the new products are reportedly certified to the ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 dropped object standard, including the company’s first-ever ANSI 121-approved hoist buckets and bolt bags. The bundle also features new lanyards for tethering heavy objects to the…

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Pure Safety Group Becomes the Exclusive Global “Working at Height” Solutions Partner of HSE Global Series

November 10, 2020

Leaders at Pure Safety Group (PSG), a fall protection company, and HSE Global Series, the UK-based safety-focused education and networking association, announced that the organizations have formed a new exclusive partnership to educate companies and its employees on fall protection to reduce the risks of working at height. The agreement is effective immediately, through the end of 2021.…

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Stronghold Announces All-in-One Tether Kits

November 8, 2020

Stronghold® by PSG, the dropped objects prevention brand of Pure Safety Group (PSG), announced the introduction of all-in-one tool tether kits for use by workers at height. The kits include a full suite of products, available in three neatly bundled designs exclusively for specific trades, to prevent tool drops from at-height work locations, onto people and infrastructure below.…

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Petzl releases work-positioning lanyards

August 10, 2020

The GRILLON is an easily adjustable work-positioning lanyard and can be used in conjunction with a fall-arrest system or to position around a workstation. It can also be used as a temporary horizontal lifeline when working on large surfaces. There are four models available depending on type of work: the GRILLON, which is the standard…

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Petzl releases personal lifeline system

August 10, 2020

The ASAP Personal Lifeline System is Petzl’s solution for protecting workers from at-height falls with the ASAP mobile fall arrester. An easy-to-use and effective PPE, the ASAP moves freely along the rope without manual intervention. In the case of a fall or sudden acceleration, the device locks onto the rope and stops the worker. One…

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Malta Dynamics Offers New Extra Small Sizes for Full Body Harnesses

July 23, 2020

Malta Dynamics announced the release of extra small sizes for six of its full body fall protection harness models. The Extra Small (XS) harnesses are designed to better fit workers for whom small and medium harnesses may be too big and fit too loosely. The XS harnesses are reportedly designed to fit comfortably for heights…

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