Safety harness

A safety harness is a form of protective equipment designed to safeguard the user from injury or death from falling.

The core item of a fall arrest system, the harness is usually fabricated from rope, braided wire cable, or synthetic webbing.

Some safety harnesses are used in combination with a shock-absorbing lanyard, which is used to regulate deceleration and thereby prevent a serious G-force injury when the end of the rope is reached.

Workers had the belts fastened around the waist, resulting in the entire force being exerted on the abdomen and often causing significant injury.

OSHA implementing this requirement really made sure the amount of casualties decreased from falling, as well as injuries caused from the old belts they used to wear.

Safety harnesses are essential while working in high areas to prevent significant injury or death, and OSHA making these a requirement made everyone understand the importance of safety-harnesses In North America, safety harnesses designed for protection against falls from heights in industrial and construction activities are covered by performance standards issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in the United States and by CSA Group (formerly known as the Canadian Standards Association) in Canada.

These new standards help give the user a level a confidence, while knowing it has gone through rigorous testing to ensure that what you are using is completely safe and effective.

Bungee jumping requires a harness to get the person to bounce back up, without it there would be no way to prevent the jumper from falling straight to the ground.