Tool Lanyards

Coiled or retractable tool lanyards, cable loops, D-rings and attachment loops, aluminium connectors, complete tool-tethering sets. The accessories to secure your tools and complete your equipment.

 

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Tool lanyard: stopping tools from falling at height

A tool falling from an aerial platform or scaffold endangers the people below and is damaged on impact. A tool lanyard connects the tool to the wrist, the belt or the harness, so that it stays attached even if it slips out of the hand. KRATOS SAFETY offers lanyards, attachment points to fit on the tool and complete tool tethering sets to equip an entire workstation.

Choosing a tool tethering system for your tool

  • Small tools handled constantly: a wrist strap with lanyard, which follows the hand without hindering movement.
  • Medium-weight tools: a coiled or elastic lanyard, connected to the belt or to a harness gear loop.
  • Heavy tools: a reinforced elastic lanyard, attached to the structure rather than to the user so as not to throw them off balance.
  • Alternating between two tools: a twin-leg lanyard, to stay connected to one while attaching the other.
  • Tools without an attachment point: an attachment ring fixed with self-amalgamating tape, a cable loop or Velcro loops create that point on the handle.

Each product states a maximum load, from 0.9 kg to 10 kg depending on the model: the equipped tool must never exceed it. A phone holder for the harness also prevents you from losing your phone at height.

Regulations and good practice

Tool lanyards are not PPE: they protect the people below, not the user. They address the risk of falling objects, which the employer must include in the risk assessment in the same way as falls of people. Two rules always apply:

  • never attach a tool to the fall arrest attachment points of the harness, which are reserved for arresting falls,
  • use a tool connector, not a PPE karabiner, to keep the two systems separate.

Completing your equipment

Maintenance and inspection

  • Before each use: check the lanyard (cuts, elasticity), the connector and the attachment point fitted on the tool.
  • After a dropped tool has been caught: inspect the whole assembly and replace the lanyard if it is deformed or damaged.