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Article: How to select a full-body harness: what makes one worker wear the proper fall protection equipment and use it in the correct manner while another doesn't?(High on Safety)
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- Walls & Ceilings
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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"Our workers like a comfortable harness," says Jim Owen, director of construction safety operations at Dick Corp. "They'll wear a harness if it's comfortable."
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Owen and other safety directors agree a harness, or any fall protection equipment that is difficult to don and hard to adjust, won't be used.
Before purchasing any fall protection equipment, buyers should note that harnesses are not all the same. Everything from harness construction to strap placement can be compared and contrasted. All of these elements do make a difference in the comfort and safety the harness offers the user. Harness buyers and users should also ...