ECN Forum Forums Safety Discussion and News Occupational Safety Discussion Safety at heights?

Just circling back on this—still surprised more folks haven’t chimed in. Fall protection is one of those areas where a little shared experience can go a long way, especially when it comes to real-world challenges like getting buy-in from crews or figuring out rescue plans that actually work in the field.

We recently ran a refresher training and were reminded how easy it is for bad habits to creep in over time. Even experienced teams need reminders—and sometimes new gear requires a new way of thinking.

Would love to hear how others are handling fall protection on active job sites—what’s working, what’s not, and how you're training for those unexpected scenarios.

Tony
Safety Manager with a focus on arc flash

I hate to be a downer but I very seldom se any fall protection on jobs around here.
Roofers are never tethered and screen guys are just nuts.

Quite true Greg,
Back in the early days of me being a FF, we would get up on a single storey roof, at night, no fall harness or fall protection.
Start taking roofing iron off to get to the seat of the roof fire, yes it was dangerous (like most of fire-fighting is), but it was more about situational awareness, if you knew you could fall, you were more careful.
That is not an excuse for good retention in a fall harness/retention system, but once you have a BA set on and a fall harness over the top of that, it becomes quite messy with straps heading in all directions.
Everyone on a roof SHOULD have fall protection