The Buckingham OX BLOCK™ is a rope snatch block with an integrated friction bar used for hurt man rescue, lowering loads, snubbing loads, and raising loads. It allows the rigging professional to handle loads with greater control. When lowering loads, tension is transferred from the worker to the OX BLOCK™. The OX BLOCK™ replaces standard handline blocks, parted blocks, and various snatch blocks. The OX BLOCK™ also has greater Working Load Limits than blocks of similar size.

The Ox Block lends itself particularly well for a light weight easy to use lowering device in the tree for lowering smaller limbs and trunk sections.