Suspension trauma and fall-arrest harness design

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• Personal Author:
  Hsiao H
• Description:
  After a successfully arrested fall, fall victims may develop suspension trauma, a potentially fatal reduction of return blood flow from legs to the heart and brain, if they are not rescued quickly or the harness does not fit them well. This chapter describes human suspension tolerance time while wearing full-body harnesses, the factors that affect suspension tolerance, current suspension injury control measures, and rescue procedures. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Blood
  • Body Height
  • Body Weight
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Public Health
  • Risk Assessment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Harnesses
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Equipment design
  • Height factors
  • Injury prevention
  • Accident prevention
  • Safety equipment
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Safety practices
  More +
• ISBN:
  9781482217148
• Document Type:
  Text
• Editor:
  Hsiao H
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  109-118
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048930
• Citation:
  Fall prevention and protection: principles, guidelines, and practices. Hsiao H, ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2016 Oct; :109-118
• Editor(s):
  Hsiao H
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203546/cdc_203546_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 565.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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