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The harness is an essential part of your fall protection equipment. Cécilia Lemoine, fall protection solutions expert at Delta Plus, shares her tips on how to adjust your harness correctly.
How to adjust your harness correctly?
The harness is an essential part of your fall protection equipment. Cécilia Lemoine, fall protection solutions expert at Delta Plus, shares her tips on how to adjust your harness correctly.
Safety tips
Safety tips
Update20.01.26
Safety harnesses: the importance of adjusting them correctly
Adjusting a fall protection harness is essential for ensuring safety during work:
If it is too loose, it may not be able to hold an unconscious operator
If it is too tight, it can cause injury and discomfort, affecting health and productivity.
Below, we share some advice from our fall protection expert at Delta Plus.
Adjusting your harness in 4 key steps
1. Size (A)
For a well-fitted harness, you must first ensure that you have the right size. Depending on the model, Delta Plus offers up to three harness sizes:
PT for sizes XS and S;
GT for sizes S, M and L;
XX for sizes XL and XXL.
2. The belt (B)
The harness belt should be adjusted without being too tight. Position it just above the pelvic bones so that it does not interfere with the sternal anchor point.
Also check that the positioning buckles on the waist belt are correctly positioned at the iliac bones.
3. Thigh straps and shoulder straps (C)
A simple rule to remember: the user should be able to fit their hand, but not their fist, under the strap.
4. Position of the harness anchor points
The dorsal anchor point must be located between the shoulder blades, neither too high at the level of the cervical vertebrae nor too low, as this could alter the angle of fall.
The sternal anchor point must not be too close to the navel or too high, to avoid the risk of hitting the chin.
2 other key points: checking and storing your harness
Checking that your harness is in good condition
"Every user has a duty to check their equipment. This is the first golden rule of fall protection," says Cécilia Lemoine.
To do this, grab your harness by the back point and untangle it so you can see the whole thing:
this allows you to check the condition of the straps (for glue, cuts, fraying, UV damage, etc.);
then ensure that the buckles are working properly and show no signs of corrosion.
On Delta Plus Evolution and Premium harnesses, locate the fall indicators.
"The second golden rule is to never work alone with fall protection equipment and to do what is known as a 'partner check', i.e. checking your partner. For example, make sure that the straps on their back are not twisted," adds Cecilia Lemoine.
They can be cleaned with mild soap and dried in the open air. "These best practices guarantee a 10-year lifespan for Delta Plus harnesses," concludes Cecilia Lemoine.
How to put on your harness correctly? To properly adjust a harness to the wearer's body type, there are four key points to check: the size, the waist belt, the leg loops and shoulder straps, and the positions of the harness attachment points. How do you know if the harness is fitted correctly? A harness should be neither too tight nor too loose. To check whether the thigh straps are correctly positioned, for example, remember this rule: you should be able to fit your hand under the strap, but not your fist.
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