Standards used for performance of work at height

When working at heights, use personal protective equipment to avoid falls from height. Equipment
is designed to keep a person in a fixed position to prevent a dangerous fall and stop him safely, or
to maintain the vertical position of a technician after the fall.
Personal protective equipment is the most important set of measures in organization of work at
heights. Before using the equipment you must make sure they are consistent with the
requirements, complete and fully operational. All staff has to be trained to use PPE accordingly.
When selecting PPE, it is important to make sure you have a certificate of conformity with the
relevant requirements, regulations or standards.
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Standards
Personal protective equipment for preventing a fall from a height
EN 363:2002
N 364:1992
N 365:2004

Fall arrest systems

Test methods
General requirements for instructions for use, maintenance, periodic examination, repair,
marking and packaging

Personal protective equipment for minimizing the consequences of a fall from a height.
EN 353-1:2002
EN 353-2:2002
EN 355:2002
EN 360:2002
EN 361:2002
EN 362:2004

Guided type fall arrestors. Specification for guided type fall arrestors on a rigid anchorage line.
Guided type fall arrestors. Specification for guided type fall arrestors on a flexible anchorage
Energy absorbers
Retractable type fall arrestors
Full body harness
Connectors

EN 341:2001
EN 12841:2006

Descender devices
Rope adjustment devices.

B - Basic connectors
M - Multipurpose connectors
T - Terminal connectors
A - Anchorage connectors
Q - Quick link purpose

A - Safety line adjustment device

B - Working line ascender
C - Working line descender

Personal protective equipment

EN 166:2001
EN 397:2012
EN 340:2003
EN 388:2003
EN ISO 20345:2004
EN 358:1999
EN 813:2008

Personal eye protection

Industrial helmets
Protective clothing
Protective gloves against mechanical risks
Safety footwear
Work positioning systems
Sit harness

EN 354:2010
EN 795:2012

Lanyards
Anchor devices

Norms for anchorage line

EN 1891:1998

A - Anchor device with the need for a structural anchor or fixing element
B - Anchor device without the need for a structural anchor or fixing element
C - Anchor device employing a flexible anchor line which deviates from the horizontal by not more than 15
D - Anchor device employing a rigid anchor line which deviates from the horizontal by not more than 15
E - Anchor devices for use on surfaces up to 5 from the horizontal where the performance relies solely on
the mass and the friction between itself and the surface

Low stretch kernmantle rope

A - Work support and back-up safety rope - superior performance

B - Working and hauling rope - inferior performance

Other norms of reference

EN 567:2013
EN 892:2012
EN 12278:2007

Rope clamps
Dynamic mountaineering ropes
Pulleys

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Rope Access Personal protective equipment

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Anchor points of personal protective equipment

Warning! To be used together only!

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Rope access work positioning

Support position

Unsupported position

Retention

Back-up

Back-up

Positioning

Back-up in the supported position

Back-up on a flexible anchor line

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Back-up on a fixed anchor line

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Positioning in the support position

Retention

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Unsupported positions

In theunsupported position you must always perform back-up and positioning at the same time

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www.igsa.org