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EUROPEAN STANDARDS

Standard Description
EN341 Descenders for rescue
EN353-1 Guided type fall arresters including a rigid anchor line
EN353-2 Guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor line
EN354 Lanyards
EN355 Energy absorbers
EN358 Belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards
EN360 Retractable type fall arresters
EN361 Full body harnesses
EN362 Connectors
EN567 Rope clamps
EN795 Anchor devices
EN813 Sit harnesses
EN1496 Rescue lifting devices
EN1497 Rescue harnesses
EN1498 Rescue loops
EN1891 Semi-static kermmantle ropes
EN12278 Pulleys

WORKING AT HEIGHT CATEGORIES

Your working at height environment reflects the equipment that must be used. The categories summarised below have been defined by european standards and
are used as the base for work at height operations.

fall aRReSt WORK IN SUSPENSION* WORK RESTRAINT

Equipment used to stop falling worker in the event Designed to lower and support a worker, allowing Equipment used to prevent the worker from
of a fall from height. a hands free work environment. approaching a position from which they can
Typical fall arrest System consists of: Typical Suspension System consists of: fall.
• Anchor devices. • Anchor devices. Typical Work Restraint System consists of:
• Full body harness. • Full body harness. • Anchor devices.
• Connecting devices. • 2 ropes: equipped with a descender, • Work restraint belt or full body harness.
equipped with a rope grab. • Connecting devices (restraint lanyard).

RESCUE
Rescue and Evacuation of an injured high access
worker is mandatory consideration for work at
height operations.
Typical Rescue System consists of:
• Rescue & evacuation device.

European legislation states that fall protection measures must be put in place by the emplo-
WORK POSITIONING yer of any person working at a height where a fall hazard exists. The regulation also requires
that people involved in work at height are competent to do so or if in training, are supervised
by a competent person. If it is not feasible to eliminate the hazard using a collective system
then personal protective equipment (PPE) must be selected and used. It could be for res-
Equipment holding an operator in their place of traint, work positioning, rescue or fall arrest purposes. This system consists of a full body
work. harness, an intermediate attachment and an anchorage connector. The systems can only be
used if a suitable anchorage point is located close to the work area.
Typical Work Positioning System consists of:
• Anchor devices.
• Full body harness with a positioning belt. * The positioning and suspension systems are not designed for Fall Arrest.
• Connecting devices (work-positioning lanyard). A back-up Fall Arrest system must be used.

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