GBP 57 Fall protection for tools Serious and even fatal injuries can occur when it is not the worker himself who underestimated. If for instance a spanner weighing 3.6 kg is dropped from a falls but a tool that slips away and strikes a person below. height of 14 m, it can rebound up to 20 m sideways. Where work is being An estimated 10% of all fatal accidents at work are due to falling objects. performed at a height, the products listed below offer an ideal means of An item weighing 0.5 kg dropped from a height of only 2 m can cause serious securing a very wide range of tools against being dropped, thus preventing injury to a person hit by that object. Also the radius of the hazard zone is often a risk of serious and even fatal accidents at work. Tools that have no eye can be secured using Quick-Wrap tape: 1. Place the restraining eye with the loop uppermost, 2. Tightly wrap Quick-Wrap tape several times 3. Insert the connector into the metal ring and opposite the centre of gravity of the tool (about 10 times) round the tool and the apply moderate force to perform the test. and at a place free of dirt. restraining eye. ​ Tool protection Attachment point set ​ Size FIX3 – Attachment eye can be secured to practically any tool of weight up to 2.3 kg, using Quick Wrap adhesive tape No. 098235. 09 8230_FIX3 Type FIX3 09 8230 06M Attachment point eShop 10 Quick Wrap adhesive tape ​ In combination with attachment eye No. 098230 size FIX3, Quick Wrap adhesive tape creates an instant secure attachment point. Suitable for every type of surface and leaves no adhesive residue. Self-curing silicone rubber with internal glass fibre matting. Length m 5,5 09 8235_5,5 Adhesive tape 09 8235 06M eShop Quick Wrap Type of adhesive tape single-sided Thickness mm 0.3 Application example 09 8230_FIX3 with 09 8235_5.5 456