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INSPECTING PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

27.12.2020

Personal fall protection equipment is a piece of personal equipment which, when properly used by an employee, protects him/her from falling from a height. A very important element of safety in their use is periodic and pre-use inspections.

DESIGN OF FIXED BELAYING SYSTEMS ON FLAT ROOFS

16.11.2020

The roof of each building requires periodic inspections, repairs and maintenance, and very often the service equipment and installations for the building are located on it. This involves both access to the roof and moving around it. The risk of falling is always significant, regardless of whether the work carried out lasted long or short.

RISK FACTORS

14.10.2020

The most commonly used type of systems, among personal protective equipment, are those designed to prevent falling from a height. They consist of three basic elements: a safety harness, a connecting and shock-absorbing component and an anchoring device. The purpose of such a system is to safely stop a falling person and mitigate the consequences of a sudden loss of speed.

DOSTĘP LINOWY – ROPE ACCESS

11.09.2020

Rope access is a type of work at height carried out in a suspension or in a support. It was created through the use of climbing and cave techniques for industrial work. During such works, a two separately anchored and coordinated line systems are used - one for carrying out works and one for safety. These systems are used in conjunction with a harness and other devices to move on the ropes.

Suspension Traumas

09.07.2020

Suspension trauma is defined as the state of shock caused by lack of blood circulation in the lower extremities due to passive hovering in the safety harness. It occurs when the human body is suspended in an upright position without movement for a certain period of time.

Personal fall protection systems

10.06.2020

Choosing the right protective method is a key element of the employee protection system against hazards arising from working at height. If, for organisational, technical or economic reasons, it is not possible to install fixed structures to prevent the risk of falling from a height, including collective protective equipment, then personal protective equipment must be used. The principles for selecting fall protection equipment are specified in EN 363:2018 Personal protective equipment against falls from a height – Personal protective equipment against falls from a height.

ANCHOR DEVICE

08.05.2020

Anchoring devices are an essential part of a properly functioning fall protection system. Such systems consist of three main subsystems such as a safety harness, a connecting or connecting-absorbing subsystem and an anchoring subsystem, the anchor device. It works (anchoring device) directly with the solid structure of the object and contains an anchor point or points for the connection and damping subsystem.

Hierarchy of fall protections

07.04.2020

Ensuring safety when working at height is of the utmost importance, both for the employer and for the employee. When organizing and performing work at height, we should be guided by the highest level of safety for those who do such work. The hazard of from a height should be eliminated first

Full Body Harness