Integrated personal protective equipment connector element for use with a wearable safety harness

A backplate for use with a wearable safety harness, the backplate comprising:

• a base portion operable to attach to one or more straps of the wearable safety harness;
• and
• a connector element selectably removable from the base portion, the connector element comprising:
• a substantially cylindrical first safety device interface including a cylindrical side wall extending from a first lateral side to a second lateral side of the connector element and defining a first safety device interface axis;
• a substantially cylindrical second safety device interface extending from the first lateral side to the second lateral side of the connector element and defining a second safety device interface axis that is parallel with the first safety device interface axis;
• wherein the first safety device interface further comprises a first arm recess extending through the cylindrical side wall at the first lateral side and configured such that at least part of an attachment portion of a first safety device extends from the first safety device interface through the first arm recess, when the first safety device defines an installed configuration relative to the first safety device interface.