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Personnel Safety Netting
Fall protection and guard rail Meets or exceeds ANSI & OSHA
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safety net

 
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–noun
1. a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.
2. something that provides a margin of protection or security: the safety net of federal credit for financial institutions.
Origin:
1945–50

Related forms:
safety-net, adjective
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Personnel Safety Netting
Fall protection and guard rail Meets or exceeds ANSI & OSHA
www.usnetting.com
Cox Business Network
Save On Phone, Internet & Cable with Cox Business Services.
www.CoxBusiness.com
safety net  
n.  
  1. A large net for catching one that falls or jumps, as from a circus trapeze.
  2. A guarantee, as of professional, physical, or financial security: the safety net of a generous pension plan.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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