Falls from height were the leading cause of workplace fatalities in 2025. The Health and Safety Executive reported that thirty-five deaths occurred between 2024 and 2025, highlighting the ongoing dangers of working at height.
Safety is crucial when working hundreds of feet above ground. Fall protection systems, including fall restraints, fall arrest systems, and abseil systems, are designed to protect workers by either arresting or restraining the fall.
What are work positioning and rope access systems?
Work positioning and rope access equipment enable safe work at height, particularly in hard-to-reach places like building eaves. Unlike scaffolding, they allow free movement while suspended in the air.
Although similar, work positioning and rope access are separate systems.
Work positioning secures a worker in place with harnesses, lanyards, and anchor points, allowing free hand movement. Rope access uses ropes, harnesses, and descent/ascent devices for vertical and horizontal travel to reach challenging locations.
Often, work positioning and rope access systems are used simultaneously for comprehensive coverage and significant benefits.
Hands-free
Combining work positioning and rope access allows you to stay suspended, supported, and secure in the air. This stable position offers safety and enables you to perform tasks with both hands.
Boosted productivity
With security and free hands, fatigue decreases significantly. The protection provided by these systems while working at height ensures precise task execution, even at extreme heights.
Reaching difficult areas
Designed specifically for this purpose, these systems let you access facades, towers, roofs, and complex structures easily and securely.
Highest level of protection
Work positioning and rope access systems must comply with BS 8610:2017. It is a high-level standard for the design, installation and use of these systems, and actively saves lives.
Before purchasing a fall protection system, you must evaluate the application and determine which system is best. Using the wrong system can restrict movement and put workers’ lives at risk.
Our Met-Track® range of fall arrest, fall restraint, and abseil systems is unmatched in quality, safety, and reliability. Approved to BS 8610:2017 (SATRA-certified), each provides high-level protection for workers at height.
For details on our Met-Track® fall protection range, submit an online enquiry form or call us on 0115 932 7010. Our expert team are more than happy to assist in finding the right fall protection system.