Intended Use
This product is designed, tested and intended
to be used for the lifting of goods, the lifting of
personnel, rope access work or for providing
a safety anchor for the prevention of falls as
part of a personal fall protection system. (PFAS).
The use of our products for these multiple
applications is consistent with the products
design, notwithstanding pre-user inspections and
mandatory inspections by a competent or qualified
person, determined by local regulations.
This product forms one part of a lifting system, the
other part being a REID Lifting Davit. Before using
the equipment, both Assembly & Operation Guides
must be read.
Lifting of Goods:
Each product will be marked with
a Working Load Limit (WLL). The WLL is specifically
intended as a maximum limit for the lifting of
goods, materials and equipment and includes
safety factors.
Lifting of Personnel:
For the lifting of personnel
REID Lifting will reduce the WLL by half, thereby
increasing the safety factor of the product. As
for lifting goods, materials and equipment, the
lowest rated element of the system always takes
precedent. Associated equipment used for lifting
personnel must be rated accordingly. It is the
employers’ responsibility to ensure this is the case.
For example, a winch must be personnel rated and
where necessary, meet applicable standards and
regulations for the country of use.
Correct Operation
Fall Protection Anchor:
In most cases (subject
to labelling and instructions for use for specific
products confirming this) REID lifting products are
tested and meet the requirements of fall protection
standards and regulations, including EN795:2012
and IRATA ICOP as referenced in our Instructions
for Use. The WLL on the product is of no relevance
to fall protection standards and requirements and
the user should refer to the specific sections of the
instructions for use, for detailed information. For
example; EN795 requires that anchors that form part
of a personal fall protection system are capable of
withstanding a minimum 12kN static load for a single
user and a further 1kN for each additional user.
IRATA requires a 15kN static load. Additionally, fall
protection systems are required to pass a series of
dynamic performance tests. REID Lifting products
will, where applicable be marked with the rating
for fall protection. Safety factors will be higher than
those for lifting and forces will be limited by the use
of personal fall protection equipment, including
load limiting devices such as shock absorbers or
self-retracting lifelines that reduce impact forces,
typically to a maximum of 6kN per user as required
by law.
Note: some jurisdictions may not allow the same
equipment to be used for lifting of materials and as
a component of a PFAS. Some employers may also
prefer to keep such equipment distinctly separate.
If this is the case, we would recommend that the
equipment is labelled accordingly Check your local
regulations before putting equipment to use and
designate accordingly.
It is expected that all users of this product have
the necessary medical and physical capabilities,
are fully trained and deemed competent in its
safe assembly and use. We would remind users
of the requirement to ensure that work is properly
planned, risk assessments carried out and as
required, method statements for carrying out work
provided.
Where required the owner/user of the equipment
should ensure that a qualified person has been
consulted in respect of the need for structural
validation, for example (but not limited to);
calculating imposed loads for the safety of ground,
floor or roof structures during lifting operations.