Fall Protection Rope Grab Systems

When the distance between the anchor point and the work location varies or is more than 2 meters a different kind of connection is needed.

Fall protection rope grab systems.

Our customers typically use 3 8 galvanized cable with a 7 x 19 twist for their cable lifelines. Upgear s red yellow and green color coding system identifies the 3 products in the fall protection system. Rope grabs are available in a variety of configurations are compatible with 5 8 safety ropes and are supremely durable. The hands free rope grab is a self trailing grab which smoothly moves up and down the rope in operation and locks in a fall.

The guardian fall protection rope grab is easy to install and is designed to lock automatically in the event of a fall. Give your workers freedom to move up or down on a vertical line with rope grabs from grainger. Such systems generally include a lifeline rope grab lanyard and full body harness body support. More product details close.

The final type of rope grab. Anchor connector and harness. Protection of a worker on scaffolding powered platforms or riding a boatswain s chair. You don t have to squeeze the trigger and as long as you move slowly the grab will move by itself.

Maximum permissible free fall is six feet. Stainless steel fall protection cable grabs for use on 5 16 and 3 8 aircraft cable. Rope grab rope clamp fall arrest protection equipment safety gear rope grabs are extremely convenient and easy to use. Thus in the event of a fall the burden of fall arrest rests both on the device and on the integrity of the rope cable.

Lanyard rope grab. Designed for use with miller synthetic rope lifelines secured to an anchorage independent of the worker s platform. So a personal fall protection system on a roof needs to provide users the possibility to set a limit for themselves and to arrest their fall just in case. The rope grab is used as part of a complete fall arrest system.

These units will also fit 7mm wire rope cable if that is specified for you fall arrest system. If you jerk on the rope grab or fall the rope grab locks into place and keeps you from falling further. Shop trailing models that allow hands free work marine grade styles or descender rope grabs at grainger. This rope grab is a little more convenient because the rope grab will move up and down the lifeline by itself.