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How To Wear A Safety Harness

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Wearing a safety harness properly can prevent fatal falls. If you are required to work at significant heights, never leave the ground without being properly outfitted with a safety harness. A harness will not benefit you unless you know how to wear it properly, so educate yourself and stay safe.

Instructions

1.Unbuckle all the straps to reduce confusion.
2.Grasp the harness by the "D" shaped dorsal ring. This is the large "D" shaped ring that connects to the lanyard.

3.Shake out the harness so all the straps hang down and untangle themselves.
4.Identify the shoulder straps. They are the large padded straps that branch off from the webbing holding the D ring.
5.Slip into the shoulder straps as if you are putting on a jacket.
6.Make sure the shoulder straps are flat against your body and not twisted. The D ring should be centered in your back between your shoulder blades.
7.Bend at your waist, reach back through your legs and grab the leg straps hanging down.
8.Pull the leg straps back through your legs and buckle them. The buckles are located approximately in front of each hip.
9.Buckle the waist buckle on your harness if it has one. This strap and buckle stretch around your waist at the level that a belt would.
10.Buckle the chest strap. This strap and buckle stretch across the front of the harness and connect the shoulder straps to one another.
11.Double-check all of your straps and make sure they lie flat against your body and are not twisted.
12.Check all of your buckles to ensure they are properly secured.
13.Adjust your straps so that they are snug. You harness needs to be tight, but should not restrict movement.

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