The safety engineer’s goal in correct tethering procedures is to make sure the tool, application and recoil/retraction force are in balance. When the tool is extended for use, only minimal force should be necessary so as not to cause worker fatigue or in the reverse, cause a ”kick” when retracted. The result of correct tethering…

Maintaining a wind turbine often means working at heights exceeding 300 feet. Although a tool falling from any height is a problem, in the case of wind-power maintenance, an object falling several hundred feet endangers everything and everyone below. It is a site safety issue. A large, free-falling tool, such as a torque wrench, could…