IT is a beautiful sunny day in the Midwest, and a construction crew is setting the decking on bridge girders located over an interstate highway. Their horizontal lifeline (HLL) system is attached to ...

IN bridge-building environments where natural foot-level anchorage points exist, contractors and inspectors can look at installing horizontal lifeline systems for their means of fall protection.

Can workers be sure their temporary horizontal lifeline will save them in the event of a fall from height? And can such equipment be made easier and quicker to deploy, as well as safer? Alfonso ...