KNIPEX Tethered Tools
Avoid damage/injury from falling tools
Avoid damage/injury from falling tools:
tool protection when working at heights
Whether you're working high above the ground or deep below it, or even suspended on a rope, there are numerous workplaces and sectors where Tethered Tools are the right choice: for example working on cherry pickers, industrial climbing, roofing jobs or excavation work, rescue services, tree maintenance, bridge renovation, wind energy applications or at sea. They all have one thing in common - working at height involving additional risks for people and material.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used to protect people when working at height. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Germany and similar regulations in many countries around the world, such measures are actually mandatory. The KNIPEX Tethered Tools range is designed to protect tools. That's because even small objects such as pliers can cause serious or even fatal injuries if they fall from a sufficient height, as well as damage to expensive materials.
Reducing risks
This is exactly why KNIPEX has developed a range of tools with fall-arrest: the tools and aids from the KNIPEX Tethered Tools range reduce the risk of accidents when working at height, especially from falling objects. They are also more convenient: all tools designated with a "T" in the article number can be secured with accessories such as tethers, carabiner hooks and adapter straps, for example on climbing harnesses, so that they are always safely to hand.
Of course, all our components, tools as well as accessories, are carefully checked for reliability. Hence these accessories are not only used for occupational safety purposes in particular, but are also suitable for securing equipment in climbing sports.
KNIPEX Tethered Tools
Flexible tethering system for over 45 different KNIPEX pliers
• Avoid letting tools drop dangerously with KNIPEX Tethered Tools
• Tools can be secured in a variety of ways, ensuring they are ready to hand at all times
• Various application options: building construction, wind turbines, roofing, civil engineering works, event/exhibition technology, excavation work, well construction, industrial climbing and many other applications
• Over 15 insulated pliers and over 30 pliers available with multi-component grips and fall-arrest devices (more on request)
• Also suitable for our wide range of VDE-tested screwdrivers
All products from the KNIPEX Tethered Tools range are intended solely for securing tools. They are not suitable for personal safety (not designed as PPE).
Our KNIPEX Tool Tethering System
• Continuous safety when changing tools
• Individual configuration of the tool tethering system
• Also suitable for KNIPEX screwdrivers
• For tool weights up to 1.5 kg / 3.3 lbs or 6 kg / 13.2 lbs
KNIPEX Tethered Tools range
The Tethered Tools range includes all major types of pliers: these range from classic combination pliers and crimping pliers to high-tech KNIPEX Cobra® water pump pliers. Many of our pliers are also available in an electrically insulated, VDE-tested version, recognisable by the characteristic yellow and red handles. They all come with a robust tether attachment point on one of the pliers handles for attaching the fall-arrest device. As the actual fall-arrest device, KNIPEX offers a complementary, perfectly integrated system of tethers, adapter straps and equipment carabiner hooks. The tools and accessories from the Tethered Tools range can be recognised by the "T" appended to the article number.