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the service life of a safety harness depends on a number of factors, including environmental conditions during
use, frequency of use, and compliance with storage and maintenance instructions; The safety harness can
only be used for a maximum of twelve years after the date of manufacture;
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users of this IKAR GmbH safety harness must also ensure that the date of fi rst use has been entered in this
test book;
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when reselling this safety harness, all instructions concerning operation, maintenance and periodic inspection
must be available in the local language.
When adjusting this safety harness, users must ensure that:
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the safety harness is adjusted in such way that fall arrest eyelet on the back lies between the shoulder blades,
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all webbings lie fl at on the body and are not twisted,
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the shoulder straps are adjusted to the required length, upwards through the adjustment fastener, so that the
chest strap (if connected) lies over the sternum,
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the leg loops are adjusted to the required length so that they lie close to the groin,
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the rear bottom strap type IK G 3 passes under the bottom and the length is adjusted by means of the lateral
fi ttings; the leg straps run tightly and at right angles over the thigh,
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the abdominal belt is fastened and wrapped around the abdomen after adjusting,
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the front fall arrest loops are adjusted through the adjustment fasteners in such way that they are at the height
of the sternum,
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all fasteners have been checked for proper functioning,
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the quick-release fasteners lie fl at against each other and one part runs through the other,
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as for quick-release fasteners, the tongue of one part is secured and fi ts tightly in the other part,
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the ends of the webbing are tucked away after joining the fasteners and adjusting the shoulder fastener, and
held in place by means of plastic clips and elastic loops,
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it makes sense to personalise the harness and to determine the exact fi t of the safety harness for the user by
performing suspension tests near the ground and under the supervision of a second person,
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the fi tting and adjustment of the safety harness are checked regularly during use; only connection devices with
fall arrest element EN 354/355, guided type fall arresters EN 353-2 or fall arresting devices EN 360 may be
connected to the fall arrest eyelets and fall arrest loops; they are marked with the letter „A“,
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the anchor point has a suffi cient load carrying capacity of at least 9 kN,
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only suitable connection elements in accordance with EN 362 are used,
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the anchorage point is selected as vertically as possible above the user in order to prevent swing falls,
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there is enough safety distance beneath the user and the instructions for other PPE equipment are to be
observed,
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the lateral eyelets on abdominal belts or work positioning belts are only used for work positioning or restraint
after connection to the IK G 1 / IK G 2 safety harness,
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the lateral retaining eyelets on IK G 3 harnesses are only used with back support for work positioning. Their
use without back support is non-optimal from an ergonomic point of view and only possible for a short time.
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the abdominal belt can be closed properly thanks to its universal size and the straps are adjusted in such way
that a hand width fi ts between the belt and the body, while the lateral retaining eyelets are located near the hip
bones,
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the holding rope and the connection elements must be checked for proper fi tting during workplace positioning,
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the restraining rope is used in such way that the anchorage point is at or above waist height, that the
restraining rope is held taut and that a maximum radius of movement of 0.6 m is not exceeded,
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the fall arresting device (EN 360) is located above the user when a shoulder suspension system is used for
the fall arrest system on types IK G 1 and IK G 2.
Instructions for use
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