Overview And Description; Installation And Use - Tractel HT 9 Manual De Empleo Y De Mantenimiento

Anchor point:
Element which is sufficiently stable and strong, mounted on a
sufficiently strong fixed structure to which personal protective
equipment can be attached.
Rescuer:
Person trained and qualified to rescue a person in distress at
heights.
Customer service:
Company or department authorised by the Tractel
ensure after-sales service or repair operations on the product.
Certain maintenance operations are only authorized to be
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performed by certain after-sales service providers.
Fall arrest system:
Personal protective equipment ensuring protection against falls
from heights, comprising a fall arrest harness and a connecting
sub-system designed to stop a fall.
2.2. Pictograms
DANGER:
Used with remarks intended to prevent injury to persons, in
particular fatal, serious or light injuries, and damage to the
environment.
IMPORTANT:
Used with remarks intended to prevent a failure or damage to
equipment, but not directly endangering the life or health of the
operator or that of other persons, and/or not likely to cause
damage to the environment.
NOTE:
Used with remarks concerning precautions to be taken to ensure
efficient and effective installation, use and maintenance of the
equipment.
NOTICE:
Indicates that you must read the user manual.
ENTER ON INSPECTION SHEET:
Enter the required information on the detachable inspection
sheet located on the central page of this manual.

3. Overview and description

3.1. Overview
Rescue harnesses are Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
They are used to create a fastening point on the operator in
order to evacuate the operator under acceptable safety
conditions. The rescue harnesses are formed by straps, buckles
and fabric. They are designed to adapt to the size of the person
to be evacuated (S, M and XL sizes) by 3 fastening
configurations. See fig. 4.2.1 Installation.
The rescue harnesses can be connected to an evacuation
system as described in standard EN 341 or to a lift-out rescue
system as described in standard EN 1496.
IMPORTANT: The rescue harness is designed for the
rescue or evacuation of persons weighing between 30 and
150 kg. It is compliant with the requirements of standard EN
1498 – 2006 class B.
3.2. Description
Figure 1
a. Adjustable shoulder strap made of elastic material.
b. Webbing fastening loop, blue, for XL size.
c. Webbing fastening loop, red, for M size.
d. Webbing fastening loop, black, for S size.
e. Polyester webbing.
f. Coated polyamide fabric.
g. Polyester stitching.
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The equipment is supplied in a plastic package with user and
servicing manual and compliance statement.
Keep the original package for storage and transport of the
equipment.
3.3. Compliance
The Tractel ®
10102 Romilly-sur-Seine, France, hereby declares that the
safety equipment described in this manual:
® Group to
• is compliant with the requirements of European Directive
89/686/CEE dated December 1989,
• is compliant with standard EN 1498 - 2006 class B, and tested
by Apave SUDEUROPE, B.P.193, F-13322 Marseille, Cedex 16.
3.4. Materials used
The materials used in construction of the equipment described in
this manual are as follows:
• Webbing + stitching: polyester.
• Fabric: coated polyamide.
• Elastic strap: polyamide and elastic.
• Buckle: plastic.
3.5. Associated components
The associated components are supplied with their user
manuals.
IMPORTANT: You must carefully read and understand
all of the instructions given in the user manual for each
component of the concerned system.
The evacuation system comprises the following components:
• An anchor (EN 795).
• A connector (EN 362).
• A rescue hoist (EN 1496) or a descender (EN 341).
• A connector (EN 362).
• A rescue harness (EN 1498).
DANGER:
The rescue harnesses are designed for evacuation of
persons performing work at heights. In this respect,
remember that work performed at heights is subject to the
following measures:
• Persons working at heights must be physically and
psychologically fit for working at heights.
• Persons working at heights must be specially trained
for this purpose.
• Work performed at heights is prohibited for pregnant
women.
• A rescue plan must be prepared before starting any
work at heights.
Les opérations de sauvetage sont réalisées exclusivement par
des personnes formées et habilitées à cet effet.
4.1. Checks before installation
4.1.1. Visual inspection of equipment
DANGER:
The equipment must be checked each time before use
(visual inspection):
• Inspection of rescue harness,
• Inspection of associated components,
• Inspection of complete rescue system.
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4. Installation and use