Fall Protection

Personal fall arrest systems are often thought to have three parts: a harness, a lanyard, and an anchor point.  In reality, there is a 4th part – one that isn’t always utilized, but is always necessary – a fall rescue plan.  When dealing with fall prevention, this isn’t...

Some say the concept of multi-tasking is an illusion – that our brains are not actually capable of doing two things at the same time.  Even the things we refer to as multi-tasking (i.e. – answering an email while writing a report and participating in a conference call) are actually short...

Video can be such a pain! Especially when it catches you ignoring a safety regulation. Unfortunately we all know that the "It won't happen to me!" mindset keeps many people from practicing the proper safety procedures. Perhaps on the statistical levels, people often do dangerous things...

The manufacturer states that the guardrail you purchased will exceed OSHA required loads.

Will it be safe after installation?

Often times we look to the manufacturer of the safety rail to ensure the railing will be strong enough for our application. Whether it be a 200 lbs on the top...

Parapet railings can be a great solution for providing perimeter fall protection on a rooftop. Parapet railings are appropriate when penetration of the parapet is acceptable. When no penetration can be made or no parapet exists, we recommend our KeeGuard non-penetrating roof railing. Parapet...

Falconer, 43, was employed as a seaman on a tugboat operated by maritime company. While carrying an engine part, he fell 14 feet through an open hatch in the engine room causing bodily injury. Falconer sued the maritime company alleging the company was negligent in failing to have safety...

Below is a comprehensive list of safety railing solutions that are available to our customers. Not every safety railing solution is a fit for every environment, so we've called attention to where each railing works best. All of these safety railing solutions are OSHA compliant unless...

Niagara Falls has been the subject of much attention leading up to Nick Wallenda's tight rope walk across the falls. Some of the conversation surrounding the tight rope walk has been about safety. For this event, the tight rope walker was actually tied off to the wire to prevent him from falling...

Have you ever stepped onto a roof, been hit by a blast of wind, and realized that your life was at risk?

We recently helped one of our customers with this very problem. They needed a certificate of occupancy, but the inspector could not complete the inspection because they were concerned...

Inspecting your harness is critical to ensuring that you are safe while working at heights. Tomcat, a staging lighting and support system company, has released a video that covers four basic inspection steps to go over before wearing your harness.

In this installation, KeeGuard non-penetrating rooftop railing was used to protect ventilation shafts on the roof of a building. These shafts are considered by safety regulations to be holes in the roof and must be protected with the proper guardrail. KeeGuard made it easy to protect the...

Solar energy installations are on the rise.

You may want to reduce greenhouse emissions or become energy independent. Either way, deciding to install solar panels can impact more than just your energy bill.

These large installations take up a lot of space. The rooftop is often unused realty...

Installing rooftop smoke vents is a great way to reduce the dangers of a fire in a building.

However, one of the biggest concerns of safety professionals is to ensure that the solution to one hazard doesn’t create a new, unaccounted-for hazard. 

Any time we cut a hole in a walking surface...

We’ve discussed skylights and the associated fall hazards in a number of blog posts, most notably in this article, but our point of view has always been in looking out for the well-being of a company’s employees.  That perspective is necessary because, ultimately, a company is responsible...

Safety doesn’t just happen.

When implementing a new safety procedure or system, do you ever consider where it came from and why it has been tasked?

You could be using the wrong guardrail. 

I’ve heard the word temporary used in several ways for guardrail, and not all of them correct. The definition of temporary is “lasting for a limited period of time”.

Excuses, excuses, excuses, that's what we hear from residential and commercial contractors that fail to comply with fall protection policies and standards. In 2011, 251 out of 721 worker fatalities were the result of falls. It's time to stop making excuses and start making the...

There is no lack of rooftop guardrail options today. This is even true when it comes to non-penetrating guardrail systems. This was not true ten years ago.

For a while, there was a concern that non-penetrating guardrail was not actually safe, which it is. When you got past that, then you had...

The idea of needing to walk a roof “safely” probably doesn’t seem odd or out of place to anyone. Walking a roof seems straightforward, just stay away from the edge and be careful.

Well, there are a whole slew of issues which could cause injuries that need to be taken into consideration...

In any business, like injection molding, efficiency, safety, and compliance are paramount. One crucial element you might overlook is using safety platforms to achieve these objectives.

In this context, platforms refer to elevated structures or work platforms that provide safe and convenient...