Withdrawal From Service; Periodic Inspections - Tractel HT Ladytrac Instructions D'emploi Et D'entretien

10. Conformity of the equipment
Tractel SAS. RD 619 - Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly - F - 10102
Romilly-sur-Seine - France, hereby declares that the safety
equipment described in this manual.
• complies with the requirements of European Directive 89/686/
EEC of December 1989.
• is identical to the PPE, having been subject to the "CE"-type-
examination certificate issued by the APAVE SUDEUROPE
SAS - CS 60193 - 13322 Marseille - France, identified under
the number 0082, and tested in accordance with standards
EN 361 dated 2002, EN 358 dated 1999.
• is subject to the procedure referred to in Art. 11B of Directive
89/686/EEC, under the control of a notified body: APAVE
SUDEUROPE SAS - CS 60193 - 13322 Marseille - France,
identified under the number 0082.
11. Marking
The label on each of the HT/ET harnesses and CE belts
indicates:
a: The trade name: Tractel ,
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b: The name of the product,
c: The reference standard followed by the year of application,
d: The product reference: eg: 010642,
e: CE Logo followed by the number 0082, identification number
of the approved body responsible for production control,
f: Year and week of manufacture,
g: The serial number,
h: A pictogram showing that the manual must be read
before use,
w: Maximum operating load.
For the HT R harnesses, an additional label is provided near the
anchorage D-ring for the rescue lanyard, comprising:
i: The trademark,
j: The reference standard followed by the year of application,
k: A pictogram indicating that you must read the user manual
before use, a text indicating: for rescue operations only.

12. Periodic inspections

An annual periodical inspection is required, but depending on
the frequency of use, environmental conditions and regulations
of the company or the country of use, periodical inspections may
be more frequent.
Periodical inspections shall be carried out by an approved and
competent technician and in accordance with the manufacturer's
examination procedures as laid down in the file "Verification
procedures for Tractel PPE".
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Verification of the legibility of the marking on the product is an
integral part of the periodical inspection.
Following the periodical inspection, a certificate of return to
service must issued by the approved and competent technician
who performed the periodical inspection. This return to service
must be recorded on the inspection sheet in the middle of this
manual. This inspection sheet should be retained throughout the
life of the product until it is scrapped.
After arresting a fall, this textile product must be dismantled and
destroyed, even if there is no visible alteration.
13. Life cycle
Tractel textile PPE equipments as harnesses, lanyards, ropes
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and energy absorbers, Tractel
as stopcable™ and stopfor™ fall arresters, blocfor™ self-
retracting fall arresters, and the Tractel
without restrictions from their manufacturing date providing that:
- A normal use is made in accordance with the instructions
manual,
- A periodical inspection, which must be accomplished at
least once a year by an approved and competent technician.
At the end of this periodical inspection, the PPE must be
certified fit to return to service, in writing,
- Instructions manual procedures for storage and transport are
strictly met.

14. Withdrawal from service

When disposing of the product, all components must be
recycled with preliminary sorting of components into metallic
and synthetic materials. These materials must be recycled by
specialist bodies. During disposal, dismantling to separate
components should be achieved by a duly trained person.
Mechanical PPE equipments
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lifelines can be used
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