What is a positioning lanyard?

Positioning Lanyards and Shock-Absorbing Lanyards: Important Considerations

Are you working at heights? Keep reading. When you are working in hazardous conditions, safety is the #1 thing you should think about. It is crucial to choose reliable fall protection equipment. In addition, it is important to use equipment that gives you more freedom to move around, because this factor also impacts your safety. Let’s take a closer look at lanyards.

A positioning lanyard is a component of a positioning device system. Why use it? Such system will support you on an elevated vertical surface, allowing you to have your hands free.

If you use a positioning lanyard, you can take a rest, which is also important for your safety. Long-distance climbs can exhaust you, therefore, if you feel fatigue, install a work positioner earlier, take a break if you need, rest your arms. Sometimes, a work positioning lanyard can replace a rescue pick off strap if you do not have it when you need it. Thus, you see that buying a positional lanyard, you get a versatile piece of equipment. It is widely used by construction workers, window washers, etc.

You can also find shock-absorbing lanyards (also known as energy-absorbing lanyards). In this case, you deal with fall protection equipment. They are designed to help the user slow the descent by means of minimizing the downward forces in order to reduce the impact of the fall on the worker. These lanyards are divided into two types: pack style and tubular. The components include anchorage device, body harness, connecting devices, and deceleration device. How does a lanyard work? One end of the lanyard connects to the dorsal D-ring of the worker’s full-body harness and the other end connects to a predetermined anchor point. In case of falling, the worker falls a distance equivalent to the length of slack in the lanyard. Then, shock absorber deploys and the fall is arrested. Shock-absorbing lanyards are pretty popular. They are used in the construction industry, general industry, mining, etc.

When choosing a lanyard, pay attention to trustworthy brands, to the level of quality of the product you want to buy, how well it is assembled, and what materials it is made of. It is better to consult experts prior to buying any piece of equipment. Please note that just having a good lanyard is not enough, you have to use it properly.

PrimeBuy offers a wide range of products by MSA (e.g. adjustable restraint lanyards, energy-absorbing cable lanyards, single-leg adjustable absorbing lanyards, twin-leg adjustable energy absorbing lanyards, shock-absorbing lanyards, the list goes on).

You can also choose from Guardian Fall Protection internal shock lanyards and more.