[RE-wrenches] Fall Protection Equipment

[Benn Kilburn]

James,
This looks like a pretty nice lanyard w/ shock-absorber, rope-grab and rope. 

What type/style harness did he bring along?

Re: OSHA approved...great question. Prior to looking into it further I'd suspect it falls in a "grey area". 

Benn Kilburn
SkyFire Energy Inc. 
780-906-7807


> On Jan 16, 2015, at 9:29 AM, James Rudolph <jamesrudolph99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Aloha my Wrench Brothers!
> We have a recent defector from a very large National Solar company here that brought in this great Fall gear (see attachment). To be honest it blew my mind how simple and light it was....Is anybody else using this rock climbing equipment as fall protection gear? Is this approved by OSHA.
> 
> You would figure if humans just free climbed El Capitain with gear like this it would do just fine keeping me safe and compliant at 6 feet and above.
> 
> The rope grab is made by KONG. 
> 
> 
> Mahalo in advance!
> 
> James Rudolph
> Haleakala Solar 
> 
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