Liftsafe Solutions Ltd offer three high quality ranges of Fall Arrest Lanyards and Fall Restraint Lanyards from three of the market leaders in providing fall protection equipment within the industry. The RidgeGear Fall Arrest Lanyard & Fall Restraint Lanyard Range, The IKAR Fall Arrest Lanyard Range & The G Force Fall Arrest Lanyard Range - all available to buy on-line.
A fall arrest lanyard features a tear webbing energy absorber pack, which is designed to protect the user in a potential fall situation by arresting the fall in a controlled decent whilst minimising the forces applied to the user. A fall restraint lanyard contains no absorbing device and is used only to restrain the user form leaving a safety zone preventing the user to reach an open edge eliminating the risk of a potential fall.
Users of Energy Absorbing, Fall Arrest Lanyards, should be trained in its safe use and the applications it is designed to be used in. This should include selection of connectors, selection of a suitable anchor point, pendulum swings, use over an edge and free space requirements.
All fall protection equipment made from synthetic fibres available for use by an employee should be inspected by the User prior to use each and every time it is used (for which they should have been trained to do so) and at least every 6 months should be subjected to a Detailed Inspection by a competent person. The actual frequency of the Detailed Inspection by the competent person should be deemed through ‘risk assessment’ taking into account the frequency of use and the environment it is being used in. The competent person carrying out the Detailed Inspection should have specific training to inspect fall protection PPE.
