New safety engineer's guide to tool, instrument tethering is free

摘要

"How to select" sections are included in this new and free 12-page Safety Engineer's Guide to Tool and Instrument Tethering.It prefaces the selection and product information with "injury, damage, and lost work hours resulting from untethered tools falling from aloft cost the U.S. industry about $6-billion a year." The guide then notes "this type accident is almostcompletely preventable by using a relatively inexpensive tethering device."It offers four easy steps for proper tether selection in chart form for quick reference in choosing appropriate tethers for tools up to 25 lb. An X/Y chart helps quickly match tether and lanyard model numbers to tool weight and usage.