Category: Announcements

  • You’ll Never Guess What Gravitec is Building…
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    You’ll Never Guess What Gravitec is Building…

      You’ll Never Guess What Gravitec is Building Updating our training facility to fit your needs is our top priority. An all-new structure will make its appearance in 2018. Check back soon for more updates about this new addition!  

  • OSHA Clarifies Fall Protection Questions!

    OSHA Clarifies Fall Protection Questions!

    OSHA Clarifies Fall Protection Questions! OSHA has recently put out a letter of interpretation regarding a couple common questions about the new Walking Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Systems regulation. The first has to do with proof loading of snap hooks. Gravitec has long been a supporter of connectors with stronger gates. We believe OSHA requiring…

  • Will I Hit That? Clearance Calculations

    Will I Hit That? Clearance Calculations

    Will I Hit That? Clearance Calculations Determining how far your fall arrest system will allow you to fall is a critical task for anyone using fall protection equipment.  Mistakes are often made when determining clearance requirements and it usually comes down to using the wrong “starting point” for the estimate. Once you understand the basic…

  • GRAVITEC Power Perimeter

    GRAVITEC Power Perimeter

    GRAVITEC’S All New Power Perimeter APRIL FOOLS PRANK – Thank you for playing along with our April Fool’s prank this year! Redefine your expectations of fall protection and immerse yourself in the new technology of our GRAVITEC Power Perimeter System. Installation is as easy as dropping our wireless transmitter posts at each of the intersecting…

  • So what’s up with ladders?

    So what’s up with ladders?

    So what’s up with fixed ladders? As you’ve probably heard, there’s been a lot of talk about OSHA’s new rule on Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment and its relation to fixed ladders. So what exactly is happening? And what do you need to do? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Gravitec is here…

  • Gravitec Turns 30

    Gravitec Turns 30

    Gravitec Celebrates Its 30 Year Anniversary Gravitec Systems has helped fall protection transform from workers using waist belts and ropes to full body harnesses and energy absorbing lanyards. Over the last 30 years we have added engineers, trainers, technicians, writers, and graphic artists to our staff and expanded to almost 60 full-time employees. We made…

  • June is National Safety Month

    June is National Safety Month

    June is National Safety Month In observance of National Safety Month, we re-created one of the most iconic images in fall protection history, “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” with the original image having been taken in 1932. Gravitec’s re-creation was composed of a backdrop taken from the Columbia Tower in Seattle, while our “iron workers” sitting…