A safety harness to be worn by a person, the safety harness comprising; an upper leg portion adapted to secure the safety harness to upper legs of the person wearing the safety harness; an upper torso portion operatively connected to the upper leg portion and adapted to secure the safety harness to an upper torso of the person wearing the safety harness, the upper torso portion comprising shoulder straps (20,30), back straps (22,32), and at least one anchor connection component (50,56,58) configured to receive a connector that is attached to an anchor for fall protection; and a belt adapted to secure the safety harness around a waist of the person wearing the safety harness, characterized in that the belt comprises an elongate waist strap, an elongate load distributing member mounted on an inside surface of the elongate waist strap, the elongate load distributing member selectively coupled at a plurality of locations to the elongate waist strap using stitching, thereby forming a plurality of portions of the belt defined by spaces between the elongate waist strap and the elongate load distributing member between two adjacent locations of stitching, wherein each back strap (22,32) is slidably disposed through a portion of the plurality of portions of the belt while the shoulder straps (20,30) are not disposed through portions of the belt between two adjacent locations of stitching located on opposite sides of each of the back straps (22, 32), such that, after the upper leg and upper torso portions (98,12) are secured to the person wearing the safety harness, the belt is configured to be vertically translatable relative to the upper torso portion and the at least one anchor connection component (50,56,58), by sliding the back straps (22,32) vertically through the respective portions of the belt, while the adjacent locations of stitching ensure that the back straps (22, 32) remain sandwiched between the waist strap 102 and the load distributing member. an elongate waist strap, an elongate load distributing member mounted on an inside surface of the elongate waist strap, the elongate load distributing member selectively coupled at a plurality of locations to the elongate waist strap using stitching, thereby forming a plurality of portions of the belt defined by spaces between the elongate waist strap and the elongate load distributing member between two adjacent locations of stitching, wherein each back strap (22,32) is slidably disposed through a portion of the plurality of portions of the belt while the shoulder straps (20,30) are not disposed through portions of the belt between two adjacent locations of stitching located on opposite sides of each of the back straps (22, 32), such that, after the upper leg and upper torso portions (98,12) are secured to the person wearing the safety harness, the belt is configured to be vertically translatable relative to the upper torso portion and the at least one anchor connection component (50,56,58), by sliding the back straps (22,32) vertically through the respective portions of the belt, while the adjacent locations of stitching ensure that the back straps (22, 32) remain sandwiched between the waist strap 102 and the load distributing member.