Hammerhead Industries’ Gear Keeper® Retractable Tethers

For the mechanic—or operators functioning as proxy mechanics—on your crew, the team at Hammerhead Industries, Ventura, California, has released six new ANSI 121-compliant Gear Keeper® retractable tethers to increase convenience and keep tools out of the way but always accessible.

Current compliance challenges often require that all tools must be tethered when working at heights. Of course this would also include smaller tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, radios, smart phones and tablets. To avoid the obvious dangers of technicians being “over-tethered,” with numerous dangling cables hanging from tool belts, Gear Keeper’s vest-mounted tethering products offer a solution.

The new ANSI 121-compliant vest-mounted retractable tethers are designed to combine convenience and productivity with safe tool tethering. This low-profile Gear Keeper family of six retractable tethers is less obtrusive and cumbersome than using bulky coils and cables. Mounted in a vest pocket, the retractable cables keep valuable small gear safe and out of the way but always available for use.

All of the new vest-mounted retractable tethers are attached by sturdy threaded mounts, which can be installed in vests, coveralls and any other clothing that has structure (not mesh). Included in the new vest-mounted family of retractable tethers are the RT5-5420 retractable smart phone tether, RT4-5622 retractable tape measure or hand tools tether, and more.