September 2, 2013 - Monument to Labor

glatt · 09-04-2013, 11:40 AM

I wonder how historically accurate the fall arrest harness on the one guy is?
I though back in the day when they would have been building Omaha, a harness was simply a thick belt around the waist attached to a rope.

The fall arrest harnesses of today have the attachment point between the shoulder blades and have a bungie like on this statue, or else they have a strap that's sewn in such a way that the stitching will tear out and gradually slow the falling person instead of having them come to a jerking stop.

I tried looking up the history of fall arrest harnesses, and only came up with this short blurb.

09-04-2013, 11:40 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I wonder how historically accurate the fall arrest harness on the one guy is? I though back in the day when they would have been building Omaha, a harness was simply a thick belt around the waist attached to a rope. The fall arrest harnesses of today have the attachment point between the shoulder blades and have a bungie like on this statue, or else they have a strap that's sewn in such a way that the stitching will tear out and gradually slow the falling person instead of having them come to a jerking stop. I tried looking up the history of fall arrest harnesses, and only came up with this short blurb.

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