Titan Fall Prevention Saves Lives

Safety is always a chief concern in construction. Fall protection is used whenever a person has to work 5 or more feet off of the ground, as stated by OSHA Standards. A fall protection device is essentially a harness, which is strapped around an employee's body and secured by a lanyard to a secure place on a permanent structure. It takes some work to put on the harness. Initially, an employee must grab the harness by the metal ring bolted to the back, where one end of the lanyard is connected, and hold it at waist height. Tangled ends must be straightened before the harness is stepped into and the shoulder straps secured. The chest strap must then be secured, followed by the individual leg straps. When complete, the loose end of the lanyard can be connected to either one of the lower hip rings on your sides.

Safety equipment and fall protection have been used, in one form or another, since the building of the first 10 story skyscraper for the Chicago-based Home Insurance Building in 1885. Its use of the iron skeletal frame would revolutionize modern building methods and lead to the increased use of the skyscraper in downtown urban areas. Though the build has long since been demolished, its construction did provide Chicago with a new skyline and construction workers with a new insight into safety.

A skyscraper, generally, is any building over 500 feet. Any building that exceeds 984 feet is considered to be a supertall. After World War II, the Soviet Union erected seven ambitious "Stalin Towers" in Moscow. During the 1950's and 60's, Madrid led the rest of Europe with respect to the number of skyscrapers in development. To date, Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world, with 7,558, while New York City comes in second with 5,535.

Centuries ago, the temples and palaces of the world took precedence; today, the skyscraper has displaced both as the symbol of commerce and prosperity. It is predicted skyscrapers will be more prevalent in the decades to come due to the lack of available land. And as the skyscrapers of the future break ground today, there will be a lasting demand for safety equipment and fall protection.

The Titan fall protection devices are among the best made on the market today. The Titan product line is not limited to fall protection. They offer an assortment of safety hard hats that can be customized, safety glasses and goggles, work gloves, steel-toed boots and shoes, ear plugs and ear muffs, safety vests, gas detectors, and dust masks and respirators. They also produce everything from flashlights to hand sanitizers to first aid kits.