Different fall protection harness categories

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Working above or on leveled grounds always necessitates special safety precautions in order to avoid any types of injuries. Whether you are working in an aerial setting for a living or doing home repairs on scaffolds, roofs and other high places, you must be familiarized with the best and appropriate fall protection harness for the exact nature of the job you are doing. Never risk and gamble your safety whenever you are in situations where you could likely meet an accident.

A class I fall protection harness is comprised of a simple belt or strap with more than one “D” rings for attaching lanyards. This type of protection restraint is particularly useful and practical in situations where there exists no real danger of falling. However, for instances where there is an occurrence of a clumsy climbing and movement, this is strictly recommended.

The Class II fall protection harness is an entire chest support system that completely wraps the upper portion of the body. This type of safety harness is not useful where there is an imminent fear of free fall.

The Class II fall protection harness is ideal for situations where a person is required to lower himself in an enclosed area, or is being lifted out from a location at a much faster and controlled speed.

A Class III fall protection harness is the basic free-fall harness system that is used whenever there is possible occurrence of an uncontrollable fall from distances than go beyond 25 ft. This type of fall protection harness includes equipment such as straps and buckles that entirely wrap the upper and lower torso of a person’s body.

The Class IV fall protection safety harness is consisting of safety devices that support people that are specifically working in difficult and dangerous areas. These devices include suspension belts and boatswain’s chairs. Suspension belts vary from the Class I belts for reasons that they are primarily used to lift and lower people, and also to support them during unbalanced situations and circumstances.

There are numerous types of safety harness lanyards which can connect the wearer to a stable and steady support. Safety harness lanyards are considered as crucial lifelines between a harness and an accidental free fall. Lanyards usually come in numerous materials in order to suit the type of job that you exactly do. Web rope from nylon, woven wire out of steel and rope lanyards offers numerous degrees of strength, flexibility and elasticity. Among all these, wire is considered the strongest, yet, the least giving material. Wire is also the most expensive and is not at all necessary for all types of jobs. Nylon can offer significant amount of elasticity with a huge deal of strength and they usually come in reasonable prices. Rope lanyards, on the other hand, are the most flexible of all types of lanyards. However, they are regarded as the least strong and their costs are usually comparable to nylon lanyards.

Nets are specifically used as steady conjunction to full safety fall protection harness, and are used single-handedly for lighter type of jobs that usually pose a risk of fall beyond 25 feet.