AS/NZS 1891.3:2020 pdf free.Personal equipment for work at height Manufacturing requirements forfall-arrest devices.
1 Scope
This Standard specifies the requirements for the design and testing of fall-arrest devices which travelalong a fixed or flexible anchorage line, and those which unreel an anchorage line.
2Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that all of their content constitutesrequirements of this document.
AS/NZS 1891, Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices (all parts)AS(/NZS)1891, Personal equipment for work at height (all parts)
ANSI/ASSP Z359.4,Safety Requirements For Assisted Rescue and Sel-Rescue Systems，SubsystemsAnd Components
ANSI/ASSP Z359.14,Safety Requirements For Self-Retracting Devices For Personal Fall Arrest andRescue Systems
ANSI/ASSP Z359.15,Safety Requirements For Single Anchor Lifelines And Fall Arresters For Personal FallArrest And Rescue Systems
ANSI/ASSP Z359.16,Safety Requirements For Climbing Ladder Fall Arrest SystemsEN 353, Personal fall protection equipment (series)
EN 360, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height —Retractable type fall arrestersEN 1496, Personal fall protection equipment— Rescue lifting devices
EN 12841,Personal fall protection equipment —Rope access systems —Rope adjustment devices
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
4Conforming fall-arrest devices
The fall-arrest device shall conform to at least one of the standards listed under primary function inTable 1 and, where applicable, at least one of the standards listed under secondary function. In addition,textile line components ofall arrest devices shall meetthe light degradation performance requirementsof AS/NZS 1891.1.
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