Working from heights and protection against falls from heights for tree pruner Abstract Originating from a request from the City of Montréal and its union and supported by the International Society of Arboriculture, Québec chapter (SIAQ), this study evaluated the methods and equipment for access to heights used by pruners to reduce the risk of falls. For this, the researchers measured the effectiveness and reliability factors by means of mechanical tests in the laboratory. Several new types of equipment and systems were tested according to industrial fall protection standards. The levels of efforts produced, and the mobility and overall safety levels of the tested systems were estimated in a controlled environment in urban parks and woods. The different tree-access systems were examined so that they could be ranked in order of relevance for a given situation. A harness adapted to pruners’ work was proposed and evaluated. It is now being regularly used. Produced Under this Project Scientific Reports Work at heights and fall protection for pruners Research Report: R-505 Scientific Publications A series of experimental protocols for the seletion of full-body harness for arboristsArteau J., Beauchamp Y., Langlais I., Vachon F.Source : in Proceesings of the 77th Annual ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) Conference and Trade Show (77th : August 12-15, 2001 : Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 2001A series of experimental protocol for the selection of an appropriate full-body harness for tree trimmersArteau J., Beauchamp Y., Langlais I.Source : in Proceedings of the International Society of Arboriculture Conference /ISA (August 6-9, 2000 :Baltimore, Maryland), 2000 Other Project(s) You May be Interested in Improving the User-Friendliness of Construction Industry Safety Harnesses by Assessing Physical and Physiological Constraints Additional Information Type: Project Number: 0099-0250 Status: Completed Year of completion: 2007 Research Field: Mechanical and Physical Risk Prevention Team: Jean Arteau (IRSST)Yves Beauchamp (École de technologie supérieure)Ian Langlais (Ian Langlais, consultant)Richard Roux (Polytechnique Montréal)