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Safeopedia Staff is affiliated with Ergodyne can be contacted using the options on the right. For info on how we work with industry partners, click hereDropping tools is always inconvenient. But when working at height, it's downright dangerous. Dropped tools and other objects can cause:
- Severe injury to those working below
- Damage machinery, tools, and other property
- Decreased productivity to retrieve dropped objects
Thankfully, objects can be kept where they belong by using the three T's of dropped object prevention: Trapping, Tethering, and Topping. This video by Ergodyne goes over these three simple solutions for keeping objects secure while working at height.

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