Periodic Inspection And Repair - Tractel blocfor ESD Manuel D'installation

The label on each blocfor™ self-retracting fall-arrester
indicates:
a. The trade name: TRACTEL
b: The name of the product,
c: The reference standard followed by the year of
application,
d: The product reference,
e. CE Logo followed by the number 0082, identification
number of the approved body responsible for
production control,
f. Year and month of manufacture,
g. The serial number,
h. A pictogram showing that the manual must be read
before use,
w. Maximum operating load,
aa. Date of the next periodic review,
ab. Minimum strength of anchor point.

14. Periodic inspection and repair

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".
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 product must undergo a
periodical inspection, as described in these instructions.
Any textile components of the product must be replaced,
even if they do not display any visible alteration.
15. Lifespan
TRACTEL textile PPE equipment, such as harnesses,
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lanyards, ropes and energy absorbers, TRACTEL
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Mechanical PPE equipments 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,
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.
– As a general rule and so long as the conditions of
use mentioned above are respected, their life cycle
may be longer than 10 years.
16. Disposal
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.
Manufacturer's name and address:
Tractel SAS - RD 619 - BP 38
Saint Hilaire sous Romilly
10102 Romilly sur Seine
France
lifelines can be used
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which must be
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