Abstract: A tool lanyard for releasable attachment to a safety harness of a workman to resiliently arrest the inadvertent dropping of a tool by the workman. The tool lanyard includes a looped cord on one end of the lanyard to receive a tool in a tightly gripped relation and a hook on an opposite end of the lanyard for mounting on a ring of the safety harness. A resilient connecting structure between the looped cord and the hook minimizes any shock action resulting from inadvertent dropping of the tool while arresting the dropping of the tool. The resilient connecting structure includes an outer non-elastic sheath about an inner elastic cord.

Abstract: A lanyard (12) connected to a body harness (10) for supporting a person from fixed horizontal support member (38) upon an inadvertent fall of the person from a normal supporting surface. A hook (16) on the upper end of the lanyard (12) is looped over the fixed horizontal support member (38) and received within a V-shaped eye opening (54) of an eye member (50). The V-shaped eye opening (54) is defined by a pair of straight converging sides (58,60) which intersect at an arcuate apex (62) having a relatively small width to receive the hook (16) in a snug fit.