These six manufacturer-sourced examples show why fall protection must be selected, configured, inspected, and used as a complete system. No individual product makes an unsafe work method safe.
How to use this page: The examples illustrate different system roles and selection limits. They are not a shopping list or job-specific approval. Follow the current instructions for the exact configuration and evaluate the actual wearer, task, anchorage, clearance, compatibility, and rescue plan.
Control first
Choose the method before the equipment.
First determine whether the hazard can be eliminated or controlled with a safer access method, guardrail, restraint system, or other higher-level control. If personal fall protection remains necessary, a qualified or competent person must evaluate the complete system.
A purchase decision comes only after the task, anchor, body support, connector, clearance, swing-fall exposure, compatibility, and rescue plan are understood.
01Plan the task
02Verify anchorage
03Fit body support
04Match connector
05Calculate clearance
06Provide rescue
Body support
Harness references
Harness selection begins with the wearer, task, connection points, size range, and the instructions for the exact model—not the logo on the webbing.
MS / FP-01Manufacturer-sourced system example
3M DBI-SALA ExoFit X300
The selected general-industry configuration is a dorsal-only, non-belted X-Style vest harness with quick-connect hardware.
Approved baselineX300 X-Style Vest / General Industry
Back D-ring · auto-locking quick-connect legs · X-Style quick-connect chest. Size SKUs: 1403237 (3XS/2XS), 1403198 (XS/S), 1403199 (M/L), 1403200 (XL/2XL).
Verify before selection
Choose the wearer-specific SKU by the current 3M sizing and fitting instructions. Confirm user capacity, fit, connector compatibility, task suitability, inspection, and training; there is no universal harness size.
A women-specific full-body harness option designed around a more adjustable fit rather than treating a smaller unisex harness as the only answer.
Approved baseline81293DQC / Standard non-belted 3D
Dorsal and hip D-rings · quick-connect legs and chest. Size SKUs: 81293DQCXS, 81293DQCS, 81293DQCM, 81293DQCL, 81293DQCXL, 81293DQC2X, and 81293DQC3X.
Verify before selection
Use FallTech’s current women’s sizing chart and fit-test the actual wearer. Hip D-rings are for a separately planned work-positioning application—not an automatic fall-arrest connection.
Class 1 and Class 2 devices are not interchangeable labels. The exact anchorage position, edge exposure, fall clearance, swing-fall path, connectors, and model instructions govern the selection.
MS / FP-03Manufacturer-sourced system example
3M DBI-SALA Nano-Lok 3100524
A compact single-leg personal self-retracting lifeline selected for applications permitted by this exact Class 1 model and its instructions.
Approved baselineSKU 3100524
Class 1 · single leg · 6 ft web lifeline · aluminum snap hook · single-pin harness connector.
Verify before selection
Do not treat this as a leading-edge or twin-leg recommendation. Confirm permitted anchorage position, available clearance, swing-fall path, harness compatibility, user capacity, and the current instructions.
An eight-foot single-leg personal SRL that the manufacturer identifies for applicable Class 2 leading-edge work.
Approved baselineSKU 84108SP1
Class 2 SRL-P · single leg · 8 ft EdgeCore lifeline · steel swivel snap hook · dorsal SRL slide connector.
Verify before selection
A Class 2 label does not make every edge safe. Confirm edge material and radius, anchorage elevation and setback, clearance, swing fall, user capacity, and the exact manual.
Accessories can address a narrow system need. They do not establish a safe anchorage, replace the remaining components, or remove the requirement for prompt rescue.
MS / FP-05Manufacturer-sourced system example
FallTech 6 ft Choker Anchor 7372
A pass-through temporary anchor connector with a wear pad for compatible choke-on applications around suitable structural members.
Approved baselineSKU 7372
6 ft · ANSI configuration · polyester load-bearing web with full-length wear pad · alloy-steel pass-through D-rings.
Verify before selection
The selected structure must be permitted, appropriately located, and capable of supporting the intended system. Inspect the connector and contact surface as instructed.
Product pages can change. Confirm the current instructions and the exact SKU before purchase or use. The employer remains responsible for task-specific selection, training, inspection, compatibility, and rescue.
LAW / 01
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.140 — personal fall protection system requirements, including prompt rescue.