Decreasing the force exerted on workers who drop heavy tools, the shock absorber equipment is said to almost eradicate the dangerous ‘bouncing’ effect when a tool is dropped.

Tests at the firm’s site  have shown that a 10kg tool develops a weight of 300kg when dropped from a height of 2.5m, using a standard tool lanyard. However, when the same test is carried out using the shock absorber tool lanyard, the tool weighs only 70kg at the end of the drop.