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A safety harness is a harness designed to protect a person, animal, or object from getting injured (i.e. falling). The harness is attached with a rope or cable to a stationary object and to non-stationary person, animal or object via cloth straps, metal wires, etc.

A harness designed for someone to hang from is not strictly a safety harness as it is not a failsafe, but rather a primary apparatus. Some safety harnesses are used in combination with a shock absorber, which is used to regulate deceleration when the end of the rope is reached.

Uses

Safety harness types include:

Seat belts.
Child safety seats.
Over-the-shoulder restraints used on roller coaster trains.
A seat with a full body harness such as used by fighter pilots.

Occupations that may involve the use of safety harnesses include:

References

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