A fall control system comprising,
- an elongate guide rail extending along a longitudinal axis, the elongate guide rail comprising one or more than one raceway and a lateral mounting portion extending along the longitudinal axis of the elongate guide rail, the lateral mounting portion for mounting the elongate guide rail laterally to a vertical weight bearing surface, such that the longitudinal axis of the elongate guide rail is substantially parallel to the vertical weight bearing surface,
- a trolley adjacent to and engaged with a first portion of the elongate guide rail, the trolley configured to move along the one or more than one raceway of the elongate guide rail, the trolley comprising a trolley body and a braking arm,
- the braking arm attached to the trolley body and moveable from a first position to a second position, the braking arm comprising an attachment end and a braking end, the attachment end of the braking arm extending outwards from the trolley body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongate guide rail and substantially perpendicular to the vertical weight bearing surface;
- a tether attached at a first end of the attachment end of the braking arm, a second end of the tether for attaching to a user, and
- a speed control system for controlling a speed of the trolley along the elongate guide rail, the speed control system comprising:
- one or more than one speed control track extending along the longitudinal axis of the elongate guide rail, the one or more than one speed control track comprising a first surface;
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- a speed controller coupled to the trolley,
- the speed controller comprising a surface of the braking arm for frictionally engaging with the first surface of the one or more than one speed control track for controlling the speed of the trolley along the elongate guide rail in the falling orientation,
- wherein the braking arm is movable from the first position when the trolley is in a travelling orientation and the speed controller does not reduce speed, or temporarily stop movement, of the trolley along the elongate guide rail when the user is attached to the tether, to the second position when the trolley is in the falling orientation, so that the surface of the braking arm frictionally engages the first surface of the one or more than one speed control track, and the speed controller reduces speed, or temporarily stops movement, of the trolley along the elongate guide rail thereby decreasing the user's ground impact speed during a fall event to prevent or minimize injury from a fall,
- wherein the first surface of the speed control track is a sinusoidal wave surface and the surface of the braking arm is a flat surface or a sinusoidal wave surface, or the first surface of the speed control track is a flat surface and the surface of the braking arm is a sinusoidal wave surface or a flat surface.