Hello, The simple answer to your question is no. You can attach at feet level and I am assuming that you are talking about an EN355 energy absorbing fall arrest lanyard and EN361 full body harness. The result of an ankle or foot level attachment point is that you will fall a greater distance. This is sometimes called Fall Factor. The distance will approximately be 2 x the lanyard length plus the user's height. The result is a greater risk of injury, although the EN355 (energy absorbing lanyard) will limit the arrest force on the body to 6kN. You are just going to experience a greater acceleration and the risk of hitting something on the way down. Fall factors are a subject in themselves and the advice given is that you should attach at head or chest level to limit a fall and hence reduce the risk of injury. Hope that helps. Best Regards Malcolm Perry

tabs I was not sure what your question was, however Perry has given a good explanation of the fall arrest methodology and hopefully that has provided the answer. The highest point practical should be used for anchorage point and thus restricting the distance a person can fall and also the stress on both the person and the anchorage point if that fall should materialise. Basically there are two systems, fall restraint and fall arrest. The former restricts the user from reaching the hazard (normally via a lanyard) whereas the latter restricts the fall, either by lanyard or inertia reel. In the WAH hierarchy fall restraint should be used over fall arrest for obvious reasons. Ray

I know where you are comimg from - if I had a pound for every time someone advised me of the law (and got it wrong) I could have retired by now!