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Article: A Lanyard, a Harness and an Anchor: 3 Items That Could Save Your Life.
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- Construction Equipment
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor
Spending just two minutes putting on fall-protection gear could spell the difference between life and death
Remember those pictures of workers constructing the Empire State Building back in the early 1930s? On beams suspended a thousand feet up, they walked, they worked, and they even ate lunch, nary a look of worry on their faces. That's especially surprising considering nothing but good balance prevented them from falling to their death. Fall-protection equipment was almost unheard of in those days.
Today, however, fall-protection gear is mandatory, with safety regulations developed by the Occupation Safety ...