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or disconnecting of the components.
• It is forbidden to use combinations of items of equipment in which the safe function of any one item is
affected by or interferes with the safe function of another.
• Before each use of personal protective equipment it is obligatory to carry out a pre-use check of the
equipment, to ensure that it is in a serviceable condition and operates correctly before it is used.
• During pre-use check it is necessary to inspect all elements of the equipment in respect of any
damages, excessive wear, corrosion, abrasion, cutting or incorrect acting,
ESPECIALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION:
- in full body harnesses and belts - buckles, adjusting elements, attaching points, webbings, seams,
loops;
- in energy absorbers - attaching loops, webbing, seams, casing, connectors;
- in textile lanyards or lifelines or guidelines - rope, loops, thimbles, connectors, adjusting element,
splices;
- in steel lanyards or lifelines or guidelines - cable, wires, clips, ferrules, loops, thimbles, connectors,
adjusting elements;
- in retractable fall arresters - cable or webbing, retractor and brake proper acting, casing, energy
absorber, connector;
- in guided type fall arresters - body of the fall arrester, sliding function, locking gear acting, rivets and
screws, connector, energy absorber;
- in metalic components (connectors, hooks, anchors) - main body, rivets, gate, locking gear acting.
• After every 12 months of utilization, personal protective equipment must be withdrawn from use to
carry out periodical detailed inspection. The periodic inspection must be carried out by a competent
person for periodic inspection. The periodic inspection can be carried out also by the manufacturer or
his authorized representative.
• In case of some types of the complex equipment e.g. some types of retractable fall arresters the annual
inspection can be carried out only by the manufacturer or his authorized representative.
• Regular periodic inspections are the essential for equipment maintenance and the safety of the users
which depends upon the continued efficiency and durability of the equipment.
• During periodic inspection it is necessary to check the legibility of the equipment marking. Don’t use
the equipment with the illegible marking.
• It is essential for the safety of the user that if the product is re-sold outside the original country of
destination the reseller shall provide instructions for use, for maintenance, for periodic examination and
for repair in language of the country in which the product is to be used.
• Personal protective equipment must be withdrawn from use immediately when any doubt arise about
its condition for safe use and not used again until confirmed in writing by equipment manufacturer or his
representative after carried out the detailed inspection.
• Personal protective equipment must be withdrawn from use immediately and destroyed (or another
procedures shall be introduced according detailed instruction from equipment manual) when it have
been used to arrest a fall.
• A full body harness (conforming to EN 361) is the only acceptable body holding device that can be
used, in a fall arrest system.
• In full body harness use only attachment points marked with a capital letter “A” to attach a fall arrest
system.
• The anchor device or anchor point for the fall arrest system should always be positioned, and the work
carried out in such a way, as to minimise both the potential for falls and potential fall distance. The anchor
device/point should be placed above the position of the user . The shape and construction of the anchor
device/point shall not allowed to self-acting disconnection of the equipment. Minimal static strength of
the anchor device/point is 12 kN. It is recommended to use certified and marked structural anchor point
