4 d-ring belts

[spark and bark]

Due to the new OSHA laws coming soon, have/has any fellow brothers switched to the 4 d-ring belts? Is it company making this decision, or are the hands making the call?

Do any of you guys currently use the fall arrest systems required next year currently? If so, is the 4 d-ring the way to go?!

Just looking for a little info, especially from fellow brothers already using these systems.

In Solidarity

[US & CA Tramp]

Old WWP doing this??

[stulittle]

Our "belts" in the UK tend to have four days rings but there are two on the hips for positioning then one front and one back for fall arrest.

Bren will no doubt remember true belts but since I've been working at height it has always been a full body harness

Stu

[reppy007]

Four....sounds a little excessive....never had problems with one....yeap,times have changed alright.

[Hebrew]

I think,from what i have been reading,the four D-rings are to make sure you are buckled on at all times.We free climbers would stop,unbuckle and pass the pole strap over the obstacle,buckle back in and proceed.I think the idea is to stop that totally.You would move with two pole belts.We had some guys from Ireland trying to sell us the permanent attachment system.you had to wear a full body harness plus a regular belt or a combination thing.Had a D ring at the front and a long lanyard.When you get to an obstacle,you had to wrap the lanyard around the pole and secure it before you moved your scare strap.Pain in the a$$ it was.

[reppy007]

I think,from what i have been reading,the four D-rings are to make sure you are buckled on at all times.We free climbers would stop,unbuckle and pass the pole strap over the obstacle,buckle back in and proceed.I think the idea is to stop that totally.You would move with two pole belts.We had some guys from Ireland trying to sell us the permanent attachment system.you had to wear a full body harness plus a regular belt or a combination thing.Had a D ring at the front and a long lanyard.When you get to an obstacle,you had to wrap the lanyard around the pole and secure it before you moved your scare strap.Pain in the a$$ it was.

What about not stopping from the ground ..go around the obstacle and get where you need to be and then buckle off...thats the way it was here....Im pretty much old school and had trouble adapting to the safety belts having two latches/snaps....one worked well for me....but those days are long gone