Honeywell International Inc.
Smart fall arrest system

Abstract:

A smart fall arrest system (30) is provided and includes a fall arrest device (32) and an intelligent module (34) fixed to the fall arrest device (32). The intelligent module includes a range finder (42), a user alert device (44), a processor (46) and an accelerometer module (50). The processor (46) is configured to determine a vertical clearance distance underlying a worksite based on signals from the range finder (42) and the accelerometer module (50), the processor determines if the fall arrest device (32) is appropriate and if the anchor point selected for connecting the fall arrest device (32) is at an appropriate height.