Fundamentally, employers are responsible for the safety of their employees. They are also legally obliged to perform a solid, complete risk assessment of all workplaces, in order to minimise the risk of accidents from the very outset. This applies particularly to activities with increased potential risk, such as cleaning, servicing, and maintenance tasks in fall-risk areas.
While a restraint system protects the user from a fall by preventing him from even accessing the fall-risk areas, a fall arrest system intercepts the user if he does actually fall.
Fundamentally, employers are responsible for the safety of their employees. They are also legally obliged to perform a solid, complete risk assessment of all workplaces, in order to minimise the risk of accidents from the very outset. This applies particularly to activities with increased potential risk, such as cleaning, servicing, and maintenance tasks in fall-risk areas.
The fall height denotes the height from which the fall victim hits the ground or a different surface during a fall. The selection of the right dimensions for the suitable fall...
Dreaded as a possible consequence of a fall, suspension trauma may lead to a life-threatening condition through unconsciousness. While statistically rare, suspension trauma and its...
The STOP principle is applied to determine, establish, and implement protective measures for workplaces having high risk potential, and it forms part of a risk assessment. Each...
The only way to neutralise exposed workplaces and make them safe is through a professional, watertight safety concept. And that is also the legally mandated obligation of the...
Collective fall protection reliably secures all people located on a flat roof (maximum inclination 20 degrees) or on the upper surface of a flat machine. It neutralises the danger...
A fall edge is an area from which a person can fall downwards from an elevated level. Examples include the edge of a building, machine, or vehicle. In many industries, working near a...
If just one person is protected against falling, this is called individual protection. The person wears personal protective equipment against falls from a height (anti-fall PPE)....
After a person using a fall protection system has fallen, they are usually in a hanging position at height. In order to prevent further physical damage (including suspension trauma),...
A pendulum fall is a dangerous consequence of a protected fall from a height. The person who has fallen swings to and fro like a pendulum and can crash into obstructions and scrape...
Fundamentally, employers are responsible for the safety of their employees. They are also legally obliged to perform a solid, complete risk assessment of all workplaces, in order to...
As a rule, a safety concept that is insufficient for the onsite requirements provides no safety at all. This is what we call the illusion of safety. And this is a type of Russian...
While a restraint system protects the user from a fall by preventing him from even accessing the fall-risk areas, a fall arrest system intercepts the user if he does actually fall.