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The Promise of Learning Before Someone Gets Hurt

Near-miss reporting is widely promoted as a cornerstone of modern safety management. In theory, it allows organizations to identify hazards, weak signals, and system failures before they result in injury or death. A near miss is a warning shot, an opportunity to learn without paying the highest price. Yet in many utilities, near-miss systems collect far less information than they could, not because incidents are rare, but because crews choose not to report them.

Why Silence Feels Safer Than Speaking Up

Linemen rarely avoid reporting near misses out of indifference. More often,...

1. PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEMS

(A) GENERAL TEST CONDITIONS

Lifelines, lanyards, and deceleration devices should be attached to an anchorage and connected to the body-belt or body harness in the same manner as they would be when used to protect employees, except that lanyards should be tested only when connected directly to the anchorage, and not when connected to a lifeline.
The anchorage should be rigid, and should not have a deflection greater than .04 inches (1 cm) when a force of 2,250 pounds (10.01 Kn) is applied.
The frequency response of the load measuring instrumentation should be 100 Hz.
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