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Injuries and falls from heights in Russia and Europe, the U.S. and China are second only to accidents. Paradoxically, according to statistics, most injuries occur when falling from ladders, ie, from a height of not more than 2 m. Knowledge of the basics of protection and insurance against a fall, the ability to use these tools allows many cases to avoid the drop, or reduce the likelihood of injury. In conducting research among people who survived the drop, it was found a curious pattern: none of the respondents could not remember what led to the fall. This suggests that the process of decline is very fast and have time to react and stop it is impossible, so you need to consider in advance the likelihood of accident and take all precautionary measures: use the individual and collective protection equipment (PPE) from falling from heights. Most often, consumers like the PPE are building an organization. But at other companies during any work at height, this type of PPE is needed, in particular: during the construction and maintenance of power lines and communications, with the construction and maintenance of television towers, radio lines, towers, boiler, pipes for construction of bridges, when viewed from the wells, tanks and other containers, while washing windows in high rise buildings, with rescue work and in industrial and sport climbing, etc. Than the risk of falls from height? In addition to the damage of various body parts and internal organs during the fall of the walls, structural elements, floor space or land due to shock, the victim, caught on clothing or part of the equipment for anything that may be in an uncomfortable position, which allows compression of the thorax and shortness of breath. Be in this position a person may not exceed 20 minutes, then comes the poor circulation. After 25 minutes, irreversible processes occur in the vascular system and after 35 minutes may be too late to save anyone. One of the most dangerous factors for falling from height is a dynamic leap in stopping the fall. A person at this time is experiencing strong overload: when you stop the fall without a shock absorber, for example, a person is experiencing stress in excess of 7 thousand Newton, while the maximum possible for the body is a load of 6 thousand Newton. Thus, the use of special protective equipment against falls from a height with shock absorber can save a person from serious injury and possibly death. To create a working safe working conditions at an altitude of using PPE must be used the whole complex of elements that create a safety net system. To harness the elements of a safety system include: anchors, anchor point, anchor design, carbines; shock rupture (Tape) and friction, slings, harness and leash restraint. Anchor Point, anchors, anchor design - it's hard connection to the building or building structures, which allow you to mount the remaining components of the safety system. Lugs on the roofs, hooks and roller devices on the rails and ropes remboty in concrete structures, rails, tightrope - something that an employee trusts their lives in the event of a fall. If they do not survive, even the most modern harness tether would be ineffective. Carbine - components of the safety system for connecting its other elements. The main requirement for him - he should not spontaneously raskrytsya.Amortizator - a device or structure, designed to mitigate the effects of dynamic impact in the fall. Distinguish Discontinuous (Tape) and friction dampers. Sling - can be single or double, removable or rigidly fixed in the belt, adjustable in length, in a protective shell, and without it. Steel wire rope and steel chain (for fire and welding, as well as for jobs where possible friction on sharp metal edges), a synthetic tape (belt). Holding the leash - it bezlyamochny safety belt without a damper with side lugs, designed to secure working on the bracket with a sling and the rifle. It is used only as a reference tool when a person needs his hands free to operate and maintain the body in an upright position, or if necessary to protect the worker on a horizontal surface from falling into the danger zone, through the use of a sling of limited length. Provides for attachment of additional elements, such as the tool box. Use restraint leash as an independent means of protection from a fall height is strictly prohibited, because when falling into bezlyamochnom belt main burden falls on the lower back - a very vulnerable part of the human body, which often leads to serious spinal injury. In addition, due to the fact that the upper half of the human body is always heavier than the bottom, there is a risk that a fallen worker simply turn in the air and either hang upside down or even fall out of the zone. Harness leash - a safety belt without a shock absorber, consisting of hip and shoulder straps. If you fall, they picked up running and distribute the load arising in this case to the relevant parts of the body, maintaining working in an upright position. Harnesses leash consists of primary (carrier) and secondary (non-bearing) elements. Secondary belts are designed for controlling individual straps or attachment of additional elements, such as the tool box. Produced with elements for mounting strap, front and rear. Depending on the location of the anchor point (before running or working), applied one or another design leash. Today means of fall protection, presented in the Russian market are many and varied, can ensure the safety of any worker with all the features of its activities. The most important thing - the habit and skills to use these remedies. The basic principle for anyone working at height should be as follows: a single step without insurance. Only in this case for the lives and health of the worker can vouch with certainty.