You would never catch me shinnying up a drill mast. I liked climbing trees as a kid, but since then free climbing and I have parted ways. Mind you, I’m not paralyzed-in-a-corner scared of heights. I’ve walked the glass-floored observation deck of the CN Tower and looked out over Manhattan from the top of One World Trade. But, when it comes to putting the cap back on my chimney after it blows off in a storm, I call someone.
I respect heights and so should you. In this issue, Safety 365 columnist Dave Bowers affirms that respect. He builds on last month’s column making the case for fall protection in circumstances that call for it. This month, he explains the requirements and features of various personal fall-arrest devices. His column gives me the opportunity to do something I could not have this time last year: Tell you to go watch video in an issue of the magazine. Bowers submitted demo videos of various types of PFAs and we paired them with his column in this issue. Click over to see them.