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A Great Workforce A Great WorkplaceSuspensi<strong>on</strong> Trauma‘Suspensi<strong>on</strong> Trauma’ : a worker (in his full body harness) remains suspended at height after a fall.• Suspensi<strong>on</strong> in a harness may cause blood to pool in the veins of the legs which can result in unc<strong>on</strong>sciousness.• If the worker is not rescued promptly, serious injury or death may occur (in less than 10 minutes).• ‘Harness Pathology’, ‘Harness Hang Syndrome’, ‘Suspensi<strong>on</strong> Intolerance’, ‘Orthostatic Incompetence’ or‘Orthostatic Intolerance’.Suspensi<strong>on</strong> Trauma strap© 2012 Government of Singapore 53

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