The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved two American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) standards addressing fall protection - the new ANSI/ASSE Z359.14-2012, Safety ...
Upper Great Plains lineman Shayne Bender demonstrates how to use a buck hook with a self-retracting lanyard to ascend a steel lattice tower at fall protection training in Mead substation. When the ...
Any company with personnel who work at heights must have a fall protection plan to be in compliance with the new ANSI Z359.2 standard. The recently approved ANSI Z359.2 standard, “Minimum Requirements ...
A number of fall protection issues and regulations are making news and waves in Washington these days. A key fall protection issue is bridge inspection. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the ...