Abstract: A support for a safety net proximate an edge of a floor of a building under construction; the support comprising a support post extending between an upper bracket and a lower bracket. According to another broad form of the present invention there is provided a method of installing a safety net proximate an exposed edge of a building under construction; the method includes the steps of: —driving securing bolts into an underside of an adjacent higher floor and into a safety net supporting floor, —securing an upper bracket and a lower bracket respectively to the securing bolts of the higher floor and of the safety net supporting floor, —securing an upper end of a safety net support post to the upper bracket and a lower end of the safety net support post to the lower bracket.