Fall Arrest and Restraint Gear is intended to provide safety at height when combined with one of our harnesses, designed to be secured back to a safe anchor point to either prevent a fall or arrest a fall. The most commonly asked question: What's the difference between fall arrest and fall restraint?
Fall Restraint gear prevents the user from being in a position where they can experience a fall, a restraint lanyard is secured to a harness and then back to an anchor point, the purpose of the lanyard is to be prevent and there for the user should be secured to a point where the lanyard restricts the wearer from being able to g...
Fall Arrest and Restraint Gear is intended to provide safety at height when combined with one of our harnesses, designed to be secured back to a safe anchor point to either prevent a fall or arrest a fall. The most commonly asked question: What's the difference between fall arrest and fall restraint?
Fall Restraint gear prevents the user from being in a position where they can experience a fall, a restraint lanyard is secured to a harness and then back to an anchor point, the purpose of the lanyard is to be prevent and there for the user should be secured to a point where the lanyard restricts the wearer from being able to gain access to risk, for example if secured to an anchor point on a roof with a 1.5m lanyard, the user should not be able to reach the edge of the roof in order to risk a fall, if the user needs to reach the edge then fall arrest equipment should be considered. It is unsafe to have a fall with a restraint lanyard as there is no shock absorption.
Fall Arrest blocks and lanyards are designed to arrest a fall once it has happened, when a fall arrest lanyard or block is secured to the user (and back to an anchor point) the user is still at risk from falling, however should a fall occur the arrestor will absorb the energy and slow descent safely and prevent potential fatal injury.
