Kapriol 27989 Manuel D'instructions page 6

THE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES FOR USERS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AGAINST FAL-
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Personal protective equipment shall only be used by a person trained and competent in its safe use.
Personal protective equipment must not be used by a person with medical condition that could affect the
safety of the equipment user in normal and emergency use. Rescue plan shall be in place to deal with
any emergencies hat could arise during the work. Being suspended in PPE (e.g. arresting a fall), beware
of suspension trauma symptoms. To avoid symptoms of suspension trauma, be sure that the proper
rescue plan is ready for use. It is recommended to use foot straps. It is forbidden to make any alterations
or additions to the equipment without the manufacturer's prior written consent. Any repair shall only be
carried out by equipment manufacturer or his certified representative. Personal protective equipment
shall not be used outside its limitations, or for any purpose other than that for which it is intended. Perso-
nal protective equipment should be a personal issue item. Before use ensure about the compatibility of
items of equipment assembled into a fall arrest system. Periodically check connecting and adjusting of
the equipment components to avoid accidental loosening or disconnecting of the components. It is for-
bidden 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 dama-
ges, 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 connectors - main body, rivets, gate, locking gear acting.
After every12 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. 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 exami-
nation 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 other 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 attaching points marked with big 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 minimize 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
allow 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 complied with EN795.
It is obligatory to verify the free space required beneath the user at the workplace before each occasion
of use the fall arrest system, so that, in the case of a fall, there will be no collision with the ground or
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