•
halyard
•
stranded cord
n: diameter of anchor point to use.
13. Periodical inspection and repair
A regular yearly inspection is mandatory. However,
depending on the frequency of use, environmental
conditions and regulations of the company or the
country of use, periodical inspections can be more
frequent.
Regular inspections should be carried out by an
approved and qualified technician and in accordance
with the manufacturer's examination procedures
as laid down in the TRACTEL
Procedures" manual.
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.
Once it has arrested a fall, this textile product must
be disassembled and destroyed, even if there is no
visible deformation.
14. Lifecycle
The Tractel
textile PPE components such as
®
harnesses, lanyards, ropes and shock absorbers, like
the Tractel
mechanical PPE, such as Stopcable™
®
and Stopfor™ fall arresters, the Blocfor™ automatic
retraction fall arresters and Tractel
be used provided that counting from the date of
manufacture they have been subject to:
– in
normal
use
in
recommendations of use in this manual.
– a periodical inspection that must be accomplished
at least once a year by an approved and competent
technician. At the end of this regular inspection, the
PPE must be certified in writing to be fit to return
to service.
– strict compliance with the storage and transport
conditions specified in this manual.
15. Disposal
When disposing of the product, it is mandatory to
recycle the various components after sorting metallic
materials and sorting synthetic materials. These
"PPE Verification
®
lifelines can
®
accordance
with
the
materials should be recycled by specialised centres.
During disposal, dismantling to separate components
should be achieved by a duly trained person.
GB
7