I had always heard that the fall arrest lanyard(s)
should be attached to the BACK D-ring. As I recall,
the wisdom was that if attached to the front D-ring,
in the event of a fall, your head snaps back which can
break your neck. When using the back D-ring, your head
would go forward until your chin would contact your
upper chest and NOT cause the same injury. As was
mention in a previous post, this would swing you into
the tower, not away, and your head could easily
contact the tower. My harness has only a back D-ring.
I guess I should climb with a hard hat but don't
always wear it. The shock absorbing arrest lanyards
may make this a non issue.
Happy Holidays,
Stew, K3ND
SNIP
--- Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
I can see Mark's logic in suggesting that
> both should be attached to
> a FRONT D-ring -- that way, as you fall you will
> tend to fall away from the
> tower, giving you maximum change to cushion your
> swing back toward the
> tower and prevent second-derivative damage. The
> traditional D-ring in the
> center of the back, it could be argued, is intended
> more for a
> roof/structure situation. My harness has only the
> back D-ring.
>
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