A safety harness is a form of protective equipment designed to protect a person, animal, or object from injury or damage. The harness is an attachment between a stationary and non-stationary object and is usually fabricated from rope, cable, or webbing and locking hardware.

Safety harness for protection against falls from heights in industrial and construction activities are covered by design performance standards issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in the US
and by CSA Group (formerly known as the Canadian Standards Association) in Canada.