Cylindrically rolled energy absorber for use with a self-retracting lifeline

A cylindrically rolled energy absorber for use with fall protection equipment to absorb the energy of a user's fall from a worksite, the energy absorber comprising:

• a strip of bi-layered webbing defining two parallel rolls of webbing centered on a central axis, the rolls being spaced from each other along the central axis, the strip having a length extending between opposite ends of the strip and a width extending perpendicular to the length, the width of the strip in each roll extending parallel to the central axis, the strip comprising two layers of webbing joined together over the length of the strip by tear-apart connections, each end of the strip having end portions of each the two layers that are separated from each other;
• a first connector loop extending from one of the two rolls and fixed to a first one of the end portions from one end of the strip and to a second one of the end portions from the other end of the strip;
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• a second connector loop extending from the other one of the rolls and fixed to a third one of the end portions from the one end of the strip and to a fourth one of the end portions from the other end of the strip.