AS NZS 1891.1-2007 Industrial fall-arrest systems

AS/NZS1891.1:2007(IncorporatingAmendmentNos1and2)Australian/NewZealandStandard™Industrialfall-arrestsystemsanddevicesPart1:HarnessesandancillaryequipmentAS/NZS1891.1:2007AS/NZS1891.1:2007ThisJointAustralian/NewZealandStandardwaspreparedbyJointTechnicalCommitteeSF-015,IndustrialSafetyBeltsandHarnesses.ItwasapprovedonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsAustraliaon23May2007andonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsNewZealandon6July2007.ThisStandardwaspublishedon31July2007.ThefollowingarerepresentedonCommitteeSF-015:AustralianChamberofCommerceandIndustryAustralianIndustryGroupAustralianLightweightVerticalRescueInstructorsBusinessNewZealandCertificationInterests(Australia)Communications,ElectricalPlumbingUnionElectricityEngineersAssociation(NewZealand)EnergyNetworksAssociationIndustrialRopeAccessAssociationofNewZealandMinistryofEconomicDevelopment(NewZealand)NewZealandArboriculturalAssociationNewZealandMountainGuidesAssociationRoadsandTrafficAuthorityofNSWSafetyInstituteofAustralia(Incorporated)TelstraCorporationWorkCoverofNewSouthWalesKeepingStandardsup-to-dateStandardsarelivingdocumentswhichreflectprogressinscience,technologyandsystems.Tomaintaintheircurrency,allStandardsareperiodicallyreviewed,andneweditionsarepublished.Betweeneditions,amendmentsmaybeissued.Standardsmayalsobewithdrawn.ItisimportantthatreadersassurethemselvestheyareusingacurrentStandard,whichshouldincludeanyamendmentswhichmayhavebeenpublishedsincetheStandardwaspurchased.DetailedinformationaboutjointAustralian/NewZealandStandardscanbefoundbyvisitingtheStandardsWebShopat:2007(IncorporatingAmendmentNos1and2)Australian/NewZealandStandard™Industrialfall-arrestsystemsanddevicesPart1:HarnessesandancillaryequipmentCOPYRIGHT©StandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandAllrightsarereserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorcopiedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.JointlypublishedbyStandardsAustralia,GPOBox476,Sydney,NSW2001andStandardsNewZealand,PrivateBag2439,Wellington6020ISBN0733782884OriginatedinAustraliaasAS1891—1976.OriginatedinNewZealandasNZS1661:1962andNZS2253:1969.PreviouseditionAS/NZS1891:1995.Secondedition2007.ReissuedincorporatingAmendmentNo.1(October2007).ReissuedincorporatingAmendmentNo.2(May2008).AS/NZS1891.1:2007AS/NZS1891.1:200722PREFACEThisStandardwaspreparedbytheJointAustralian/NewZealandCommitteeSF-015,IndustrialSafetyBeltsandHarnessestosupersedeAS/NZS1891.1:1995,Industrialfall-arrestsystemsanddevices,Part1:Safetybeltsandharnesses.ItisthefirstinaseriesofStandardsdealingwiththisareaofindustrialsafety,thefullseriesbeingasfollows:ThisStandardincorporatesAmendmentNo.1(October2007)andAmendmentNo.2(May2008).ThechangesrequiredbytheAmendmentsareindicatedinthetextbyamarginalbarandamendmentnumberagainsttheclause,note,table,figureorpartthereofaffected.AS/NZS1891Industrialfall-arrestsystemsanddevices1891.1Part1:Harnessesandancillaryequipment(thisStandard)1891.2Part2:Horizontallifelineandrailsystems1891.2Supplement1:Horizontallifelineandrailsystems—Prescribedconfigurationsforhorizontallifelines1891.3Part3:Fall-arrestdevices1891.4Part4:Selection,useandmaintenancePrincipalchangesfromthepreviouseditionofthisStandardareasfollows:(a)Theuseofbeltsaloneisnolongerspecifiedforanypurpose.TheStandardspecifiesonlyfull-bodyorlowerbodyharnessesforpotentialfallpurposes.(b)Restraintequipment,beltsandlines,havebeendeletedfromthescope.(c)Thedegradationofpolyesterwebbingmaynowbetestedbyartificiallightexposureonly.Twoexposurelightsourcesarenowpermitted.(d)Anattachmentpointforfullfree-fall-arrestmaybeprovidedatcentrefrontwaistlevelonafull-bodyharness.(e)Allpointsonthecentre-lineofbothfull-bodyandlower-bodyharnessesaretobetestedforfree-fall-arrest.TheworkpositioningharnessspecifiedinthepreviouseditionofthisStandardhasbeenrenamedalower-bodyharness.NotethatfutureeditionsofthisStandardmaynotspecifytheseharnessesasequipmentsuitableforarrestingafree-fall.Theterm‘normative’hasbeenusedinthisStandardtodefinetheapplicationoftheappendixtowhichitapplies.A‘normative’appendixisanintegralpartofaStandard.TheStandardisdownloadedfrom:20073CONTENTSPageFOREWORD........