All fall-arrest equipment must meet some sort of standard and pass some tests so equipment manufacturers can ensure end users and employers that the equipment will perform to specifications. These standards (ANSI Z359

Fall Protection Code) are the first defense in place to save lives while working at height. With all this thought, testing, and design put into equipment (harnesses, snaphooks, carabiners, lanyards, self-retracting lifelines, and ladder climbing sleeves), why would anyone connect to an anchor that is not designed, tested, or even certified for use as fall protection? Yet every day in the wind industry, workers are connecting compliant fall protection equipment to anchors that are not compatible, or were never designed or intended for use as a fall-arrest anchor. The only advantage to...(Read whole article)