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Learning the specific techniques and competencies is required to use this product. This
product should only be used by competent persons, or the user should be supervised by
a competent person.
Non compliance with these rules may lead to serious or fatal injuries.
The owners of this product is responsible for their own actions and decisions, as well as
transmitting these recommendations to third parties.
6. Caution
Climbing and using personal protective equipment carry inherent risks, regardless of the
safety equipment being used. Falls of any kind can lead to serious injury or death.
Among other risks, neck entrapment is one of the risks inherent to this activity.
There are many factors that have to be taken into consideration and contribute to raising
or lowering the risk of neck entrapment, including but not limited to the following:
Hardware : Design of the park, PPE
Operation : Fitting PPE to participant, training of the staff, briefing, supervision, quality of
rescue / evacuation.
Design of the park
Check the compatibility of the product with all the routes for which it is intended to be
used. Check that the lifeline heights are consistent with the size of the user and the
length of the product. Variations in height can lead to incompatibilities and cause risks.
Depending on the height of the lifeline and the size of the participant, we recommend the
following: see point
4.1.
On courses with vertical lifelines, the anchor point must either be fixed to the tie-in loop,
or be connected to the lanyards, preventing the two lanyards from being under tension in
the event of a fall.
Handles are recommended on all the game to eliminate the need for users to grab the
lanyards. Lifelines should be installed to minimize obstruction of a user’s head, for
example on the side.
Choosing PPE
It is recommended that the central point of CLiC-iT lanyard be attached with the shortest
possible distance to the user’s harness clip-in point. A low clip-in point of the lanyard on
the harness is strongly recommended to decrease the risk of neck entrapment.
It must be considered that helmets may make it more difficult to extricate one’s head
from between the lanyard legs.
Fitting of PPE to the participant
The correct harness and lanyard length must be chosen individually to fit each partici
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pant correctly.
Harness must be put on properly and double checked.
Adjustments to the harness leg loops are necessary to prevent the harness clip-in point
from sliding upwards in the case of a fall. This harness rise should be taken into conside
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ration and planned for.
The user should be instructed on proper harness fit and to ask a guide if something feels
wrong. It should be forbidden for participants to put on the harness on their own.
Training of the staff
All staff members must be aware of their responsibilities in order to establish a safe
environment. They must be properly trained in assist and rescue techniques as well as in
briefing and coaching methods.
All staff must receive professional training regularly in which all information for the
proper operation of the park is conveyed.
Assessments of the staffs ability to perform competent rescue procedures and conduct
proper and complete guest briefings must be done on a regular basis.
The Awareness of all involved risks throughout the park must be raised within your ins
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tructor and rescue team. The staff must know all possible dangers associated with using
life safety systems and how different components interact with each other.
A helpful and supportive attitude towards the guests is important.
Briefing
The instructions must be passed on to each user on how to use all the equipment and
practice handling it on the ground before climbing. Awareness of all risks must be
raised. The user must be informed to refrain from placing his/her head between the
lanyard legs.
The user should be encouraged to push the lanyard forward him/her on the cable so
that the lanyard stays in the front of the body and the user's head remains away from
lanyards.
Carabiners should only be attached to the designated lifelines.
Supervision
The staff team must be vigilant, have taken part in the training process and is required to
have experience in supervising the course.
Good supervision covering all parts of the course must be ensured.
The rescue team must be prepared and capable of reacting quickly in case of emergency
and have good and fast access to all parts of the course. All instructors should carry a
system or device for lifting, not just rescuers or rescue teams.
Participants who faced difficulties during the briefing must be given additional attention
and helped, verbally or physically, if needed.
Participants should not be left alone on a course.
Enhanced supervision must be in place where the participants are faced with special
circumstances (zipline, Tarzan swing, etc).
Fall
In the event of a fall, the tear-off shock absorber may deploy, the absorber elongated
by a fall may probably not be able to safely stop a second fall. This product should not
be used after a fall causing tearing of the energy absorber. It should be immediately
discarded. Repetitive sudden tensional stress or small falls can initiate tearing.
Immediately return the product for replacement of the absorber if tearing has started.
User weight between 40Kg without equipment and 120Kg with equipment. For users
whose weight is outside this range, move forward with a rope belaying to avoid a serious
fall, with the help of a rope belay professional.
Please note
The list of recommendations stated here above is only to be used as a general guideline
to limit the risks involved with climbing in adventure parks. This guideline is by no
means exhaustive. It should be taken into consideration and validated by park builders
and operators and shall continuously be expanded in accordance with feedback and
experiences.
It is the responsibility of all involved parties to minimize the inherent risks involved with
climbing and using personal protective equipment, including but not limited to following
all instructions and guidelines, ensuring a safe park design, a thorough briefing for users,
the compatibility between all products, the correct use of the safety equipment and by
providing appropriate training and sufficient qualified staff and life safety personnel to
oversee the operation (this list is not exhaustive with the practice of the ropes course).
