the full body harness in addition the full body harness according to the invention serves to avoid an upper body back overhang position which can occur due to an excessively high center of gravity of the body the full body harness is able to transmit impact force energy in the event of a fall from the runner arrestor system transition point to the damping unit as described above the full body harness has a damping unit 50 between the chest strap 20 and the abdomen strap 30 in one embodiment the damping unit 50 is in the form of a damping element which at least partially tears in the event of a fall that tearing effect can also be used as a fall indicator so that a full body harness with a damping element 50 which has torn or partially torn away cannot be used again the damping unit or the energy absorbing unit 50 can have one or more loops 51 it can also comprise a plurality of layers which for example are sewn or glued together and which tear apart in the event of a fall to limit the maximum loading on the wearer of the harness as an alternative thereto the damping element can comprise a plurality of layers which are woven together in which case the woven layers at least.