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Harness Attachment Point for a Rope Grab: Sternal, Dorsal and What Not to Clip Into
A rope grab — a guided-type fall arrester running on a vertical rope or a mobile back-up device on a safety line — only performs as tested if it is connected to the right point on the harness, by the right connector, with nothing added in between. Clip it to the wrong ring and the…
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Connecting a Fall-Arrest Lanyard to the Harness
The connection between a lanyard and a harness is the one link in a fall-arrest system that the user makes and unmakes by hand, several times a shift, often in awkward positions and poor light. It is also the link most likely to fail silently: the system looks connected, the worker feels connected, but the…