Worker Safety Begins with Fall Protection Solutions
Rooftop Fall Protection Case Study: Designing and installing a custom roof access stair, for a local client, leading up to a service elevator enclosure so elevator repairs could be performed safely.
Fall Protection Solutions (FPS) offers a wide range of Fall Protection Systems, Equipment and Inspections that ensure your workers are safe. Request a quote today and make sure your fall protection systems are OSHA / ANSI compliant.
Installing roof anchors as a means of fall protection is a great way to provide a low profile system without the need for parapets or rooftop guardrails.
When an Ivy League College, in New Haven, CT, contacted us about designing and installing a custom fall protection system made out of platform grating, on their roof, we jumped at the opportunity. The school was in search of a safe way to provide workers with access to maintain equipment on their rooftop.
We designed and installed a custom side access maintenance platform for them.
The engineering department of Fall Protection Solutions was recently contacted by a prominent hospital in Watertown, NY for a metal walkway project. We previously worked with the same customer on a Medical Support project, but this time our customer was looking for roof walkway systems, instead of medical equipment supports.
A metal walkway, located on their rooftop, would provide fall protection while also giving them access to maintain their HVAC system.
There are a wide range of fall protection options available, including different harnesses, anchors, and lifelines – but before you decide on which of these systems is right for you, you need to decide whether your fall protection is going to be temporary or permanent.
In 1970 the Occupational Safety and Health Act was created to prevent workers from being injured or killed while working and OSHA fall protection was born.
A large brewing company in Upstate New York recently contacted us because they needed a horizontal lifeline system installed in their warehouse, above one of their processing machines.
Fall protection systems may seem complex and difficult to understand, but when you break down the terminology, you gain a better understanding of how fall protection systems work, why fall protection is needed, and which system needs to be installed for your specific situation. You see, it’s not really a question of which is better, but which is better for your application.