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Over the past five decades the Height Safety industry has undergone a progressive change working to provide solutions to situations where personnel are required to work in areas which were once deemed as safe working practice. There has been a constant series of developments, from the use of waist belts with short rope lanyards and chain lanyards as recent as the 1980s, to the vast array of different shock absorbing devices and full body harnesses now available on the market. It is only a handful of key manufacturers that have consistently provided the innovations that have led the Height Safety Industry to where it is today. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) annual statistics state that, in 2021/22, there were 61,713 non-fatal injuries reported by employers under RIDDOR, and falls from a height accounted for 8% of these. Additionally, falls from height accounted for 39 deaths and the highest proportion of fatalities caused by accidents. As these statistics demonstrate, work at he