The present invention provides a fall arrest device comprising: a. a bracket having a first engagement element and a second engagement element aligned with the first engagement element; b. a cantilever element comprising: i. a first bracket engagement portion for fixed engagement with the first engagement element; ii. a second bracket engagement portion aligned with the first bracket engagement portion, the second bracket engagement portion for pivotable engagement with the second engagement element; iii. a load application point located distal to the first and second bracket engagement portions; and iv. a first deformable element located between the load application point and the first bracket engagement portion, the deformable element being dimensioned for plastic shock absorbing deformation or fracture on application of a predetermined load at the load application point.

A safety climb attenuation apparatus provides a more robust and visually inspectable apparatus for climbing safety. In an upper bracket, a pivot arm is attached to a base that is disposed upon a structure. The upper bracket includes an attenuation member such as an elastic bushing, mounted on the pivot arm or the base, that resists pivoting of the pivot arm relative to the base when a safety cable attached to the pivot arm causes the pivot arm to pivot. In a lower bracket, a similar attenuation member is attached to a base disposed on the structure, with an anchor bolt connecting the cable to the attenuation member so that the attenuation member resists upward movement of the cable.

A case or support cradle for a fall arrest device has a shape or configuration enabling rolling of the case or cradle along an arcuate path. The rollable case or cradle allows the fall arrest device received therein to smoothly follow a user's movements around a work site, thereby protecting the device from damage due to dragging or scraping along a floor surface.

A safety cable system for installation during building construction is provided and includes a first track mounted to a first structural element of a building, a first plurality of anchors slidably engageable with the first track, a second track mounted to a second structural element of a building, a second plurality of anchors slidably engageable with the second track, and a plurality of cables interconnecting the first plurality of anchors and the second plurality of anchors. The first plurality of anchors, the second plurality of anchors, and the plurality of cables are positionable vertically at a plurality of different heights above a floor of the building, or horizontally at a plurality of different positions above the floor. Also provided are stops for restricting movement of the first and second plurality of anchors, roller bearings that capture the plurality of anchors in the tracks and allow the anchors to slide with respect to the tracks, plates and associated mounting hardware for mounting the tracks, turnbuckles for tensioning the cables, and tie points for tying a netting between the tie points.

A device configured for use with a safety lanyard for preventing at least one worker from falling from a roof. The device includes a rod for insertion through roof decking, a hook for engagement with a joist below the roof decking, a plate for abutment against the roof decking, a locking means for tightening the plate against the roof decking, and a fastener for fastening a safety lanyard to the device, thereby anchoring the at least one worker to the roof.

Provided is a Fall Arrest Staple that includes a slanted base with a flat welding surface and an integral ring section extending from the base that is constructed from aluminum with a maximum internal radii that is capable of accepting a small carabineer. The staple can be welded to an aluminum pole, such as a 4″OD×0.25″ mast that is found on a ship. Advantages provided by the staple include the ability of welding in a perpendicular orientation to a ship deck (in the direction of a fall), welding to a curved aluminum backing plate, and the use of the staple with a curved backing plate that can be welded directly to a ship mast.

Techniques are described for monitoring and controlling fall protection equipment. For example, the techniques of this disclosure may be used to monitor the connection status of fall protection equipment, e.g., whether or not the fall protection equipment is connected to a support structure. The techniques described in the disclosure may determine whether the fall protection equipment is connected to a support structure based on changes in a resonant frequency of an electronic circuit of an inductive sensor within the fall protection equipment. The inductive sensor may be formed from sets of one or more coils, where a first set of one or more coils and a second set of one or more coils are wound in opposite directions.

A fall-protection system including a harness and a fall-protection apparatus with a lifeline bearing a connector configured to be connected to the harness; and, a fall-protection monitoring system with a base unit and with at least one sensor module configured to sense a condition of the connector and to communicate a signal indicative of the condition of the connector to the base unit.

An anchor is provided for securing a strand from a wall aperture having a maximum height dimension and a maximum width dimension greater than the maximum height dimension. The anchor has an anchor body member having a first wall engagement surface on a lateral side there-of and a strand-securing aperture. A first hook member is attached to the anchor body member, extends laterally therefrom, and has a second wall engagement surface that intersects and is perpendicular to the first wall engagement surface. A second hook member attached to the first hook member has a longitudinal hook length and a third wall engagement surface parallel to, spaced apart from and opposing the first wall engagement surface. The first and third engagement surfaces define a slot with a width greater than the wall thickness. The longitudinal hook length is less than the maximum aperture width and greater than the maximum aperture height.

An emergency escape device to which an escape rope is adapted to be secured, includes a unitary, one-piece steel anchor plate; a semi-spherical projection pressed outwardly of the center of the plate, to form an outward projection; portions of the outward projection cut out to form a central opening in the plate, while leaving an arcuate, outwardly extending securement band as a remnant of the outward projection to enable attachment of a carabiner; a peripheral opening cut out to one side of the central opening for receiving at least one bolt for securing the device to a wall; and at least one peripheral opening cut out at to an opposite side of the central opening for receiving at least one bolt member for securing the device to a wall; and the plate being heat treated to impart greater strength thereto.