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Safe practising with specialised equipment from ART always starts on ground which is safe
and, where possible, not too hard.
Every user may only dispense with additional safety measures, such as redundant
safeguarding or a qualified safety person, if absolutely no further safety concerns exist.
On the other hand training and advice from an experienced instructor, with ART experience
if possible, should always be sought where doubt exists with respect to own proficiency.
This equipment may only be used to secure people, and the respective equipment may
only be assigned to the person documented who is responsible for it.
In addition to the abovementioned prerequisites, the user must be physically and mentally
healthy and his sense of awareness must not be impaired in any way. In particular alcohol,
drugs and medication can lead to life threatening operating errors.
Every user must fundamentally know and accept that any period spent at height or at a
depth requires permanent attention and care. ART products guarantee functionality,
efficiency and safety when used correctly. ART products may fundamentally only be used
in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
The safe use of special equipment for securing ropes involves interaction between the
equipment provided, correct use following instruction and training as well as constant
maintenance and inspection of the entire equipment.
Care must always be taken when deploying rope securing equipment that suitable body
protection is used. Here a helmet, protective goggles, gloves, shoes, protection against
cutting, ear protection and clothes must comply with the valid regulations.
Service life
If this equipment is used as intended the service life of metal elements under consideration
of all manufacturing information is a maximum of 7 years after using for the first time. The
maximum service life of textile elements (insofar as these exist) is 5 years.
In the case of unfavourable stress it is possible for the equipment or individual elements
to also be unusable after a single operation (e.g. where there is deformation of metal parts
through hard knocking from a great height or damage to the fibre structure of a textile
element through massive friction or cutting or tearing elements).
It must additionally be noted that rope securing equipment also experiences aging and
wear when correctly used. This applies in particular to textile components. After severe
stress (fall) or a hard knock to this equipment (e.g. against asphalt, rocks, metal) the
entire equipment subjected to the stress must be taken out of use and must undergo a
precise inspection as follows:
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