INFORMATION & ADVICE
- A rescue plan shall be in place to deal with any emergencies
that could arise during the work.
- It is forbidden to make any alterations or additions to the
equipment without the manufacturer´s prior written consent.
- Personal protective equipment shall not be used outside its
limitations, or for any purpose other than that for which it is
intended.
- Before use ensure about the compatibility of items of
equipment when assembled into a system. Ensure that
all items are compatible and appropriate for the proposed
application. It is forbidden 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.
Periodically check the connection and adjustment of the
components to avoid accidental disconnection and loosening.
- Personal protective equipment must be withdrawn from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 a
competent person that it is acceptable to do so.
- Personal protective equipment must be withdrawn from use
immediately when it have been used to arrest a fall.
- It is essential for safety to verify the free space required
beneath the user at the workplace before each occasion of
use, so that, in the case of a fall, there will be no collision with
the ground or other obstacle in the fall path. The required value
of the free space should be taken from instruction manual of
used equipment.
- There are many hazards that may affect the performance
of the equipment and corresponding safety precautions that
have to be observed during equipment utilization, especially: