Tip of the Week No. 288 - 07/19/10 - Horizontal Lifelines
Tip of the Week No. 287 - 07/12/10 - Lifeline systems
Dr. Ellis' 2010 ASSE Presentation On Applying the Latest Fall Protection Developments to Your Site
Tip of the Week No. 286 - 06/28/10 - Equipment Maintenance
Tip of the Week No. 288 - 07/19/10 - Horizontal Lifelines
Tip of the Week No. 287 - 07/12/10 - Lifeline systems
Dr. Ellis' 2010 ASSE Presentation On Applying the Latest Fall Protection Developments to Your Site
Tip of the Week No. 286 - 06/28/10 - Equipment Maintenance
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Ellis Fall Safety Solutions (EFSS), a Division of DSC, will come to your site and assess your fall protection problems and needs. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware and with regional offices in Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, California, Houston, Texas, Denver, Colorado, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Washington DC and Richmond, Virginia EFSS offers truly nationwide service. Contact EFSS for your anchorage point engineering needs, OSHA compliance and violation abatement surveys, insurance risk assessment evaluations, construction safety and hazard reviews.
Dr. Ellis, EFSS' founder and CEO, is an active member of the Z359 committee and was intimately involved in the newly approved revisions and additions to the Z 359 Fall Protection Code. In 2007 the National Safety Council awarded its Distinguished Service to Safety Award to Dr. Ellis. The award, presented during the National Safety Councilﾒs 95th Annual Congress and Expo, is the highest honor bestowed on an individual safety professional by the Council in recognition of outstanding service to the field of safety.
As noted above EFSS is ready TODAY to help you become Z-359 Compliant both by assessing what you currently have in place and by training you on the new Z-359 Code requirements. Including the recent mandate that the Z359.1 - 2007 3600 lb requirement be applied to all snaphook gates. Also turn to EFSS to find out more about the ANSI A14.3 - 2008 footnote requiring horizontal thrust testing for ladder climbing protection devices.
Dr. Ellis also is an expert witness in fall protection and is available nationwide to testify in your fall case. Go to the Ellis Litigation Support pages on this web site to find out more about what services we provide to assist in preparing your fall protection case.
We design horizontal lifeline (HLL) and rigid rail systems, and specialize in installations for rail car, truck, airplane/aircraft hangars and rooftop access protection. Ellis Fall Safety Solutions can assess and design fall protection systems for your bulk loading and unloading needs as well. EFSS can meet all your fall protection needs including rescue, self rescue and safe evacuation considerations.
EFSS is in the forefront of developing systems for tankcar fall protection, truck fall protection, flatbed truck fall protection, box car fall protection, tank truck fall protection and automobile/car carriers/autocarrier fall protection. The fall hazards faced by drivers loading and unloading trucks and accessing the tops of carriers and tankcars are taken very seriously by EFSS. Dr. Ellis recently has completed a study to obtain input from drivers about what they want and need in the way of fall protection that realistically and easily can be put to use on the road. The results of this study were published in the May 2008 issue of Professional Safety. Click here read the entire article which appears in our What's New section Ellis Truck Tarping Article.
EFSS also can provide fall protection for the emerging wind energy industry. Safe work practices while on top of nacelle and hub access, while climbing wind turbines and during erection and maintenance at extreme height is critical.
EFSS also can handle all your training needs. Don't wait for an OSHA citation or a serious injury to train your work force. Contact us now and we can come to site to train and certify your work force, supervision and engineers in standard OSHA competent and qualified person courses or we can create a course to meet your specific needs.
EFSS provides training beyond Fall Protection as well. Contact us about Maintenance Management, HAZWOPER training and other OSHA training.
Ellis Ladder Improvements, Inc.offers a line of safety devices to improve fixed ladder and roof hatch safety. Visit the Products section of this web site to see how fixed ladder horizontal grab bars and roof hatch horizontal grab bars can make your structure safer. GrabSafe attaches extension rails that provide horizontal grab bars for ladders. HatchGrip increases roof hatch safety by adding horizontal grab bars to the hatch, and HatchSafe also incorporates safety railings around the hatch opening. It is expected that ladder grab bars/ladder horizontal grab bars soon will be required by statute/regulation.