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Connecting Hardware Instruction Manual
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Avoid the following types of connections:
• Connection of two (or more) snap hooks/rebar hooks or carabiners to one
D-ring.
• Connection of a snap hook/rebar hook back to its integral lanyard.
• Direct connection of a snap hook/rebar hook to horizontal lifeline.
• Connection in a manner that results in a load on the gate. NOTE:
Large
throat opening snap hooks should not be connected to standard size D-rings
or similar objects, as such use will result in a load on the gate if the hook or
D-ring twists or rotates. Large throat snap hooks are designed for use on
structural elements such as rebar or cross members that are not shaped in
such a way that they may capture the gate of the hook.
• False engagement connections, where protruding features of the snap
hook/rebar hook or carabiner may catch on the anchor and seem to be fully
engaged to the anchor point. Always confirm engagement.
• Connection to snap hooks or carabiners.
• Do not connect a snap hook/rebar hook into a loop or thimble of a wire rope
or attach in any way to a slack wire rope.
• Direct connection to webbing lanyard, webbing loop, rope lanyard or tie-back
(unless the manufacturer’s instructions for both the lanyard and connector
specifically allow such a connection).
• Connection of a snap hook to a D-ring, rebar, or other connection point of
improper dimensions in relation to the snap hook dimensions or configurations
that could cause the snap hook keeper to be depressed by a turning motion
of the snap hook, or such that snap hook or carabiner will not fully close and
lock, or that roll-out could occur.
• Snap hook/rebar hook must be free to align with applied load as intended.
• Carabiner may be connected to a loop or ring connector already occupied
by a choker style connector. This type of connection is prohibited for snap
hooks/rebar hooks.
Illustration 1 depicts examples of a few of these inappropriate connections:
Illustration 1: Inappropriate Connections
