Life Line
Life Line
Life Line
Consideration of fall protection system & PPE should include: 1m - system deflection 2m - height of person 2m - shock absorbing lanyard up to 1.75m - absorber extension In this instance, a minimum distance for fall arrest of 6.75m will be required.
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The above diagram shows three fall arrest situations. In each case the fall arrest system is based on a 1.5m long energy absorbing lanyard and a distance between the attachment point on the user's harness and their feet of 1.5m. The free fall distance is the vertical distance between the position of the user's feet immediately before the fall, and the position of the user's feet at the point at which the lanyard has become taut and started to arrest the fall. (Figure F in the diagram)
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HORIZONTAL LIFELINE
INTRODUCTION Horizontal Lifeline or 'Mansafe' Systems are the perfect answer to providing fall arrest protection where guardrails are not suitable or for when planning considerations dictate the need for a virtually invisible solution. Safesite's Horizontal Lifeline provides the operative with complete and continual handsfree protection throughout the length of the system. When a bracket is encountered, the link device which attaches the operative to the system, glides over the bracket without the need to detach from the fall protection system. The system can be installed to any steel cladding panel, beam/column structure, solid parapet walls and flat roofs via a support post. APPLICATION Safesite's Horizontal Lifeline system incorporates P.A.S (Progressive Absorbing System), making the system's design totally unique. The stainless steel intermediate brackets are designed to deform should an operative fall, reducing the loadings applied to the potential user and the building's structure.
DESIGN SPECIFICATION The system is so well engineered that end post shock absorbers are completely avoided on installations that exceed 10m in total length. Safesite's innovative design approach means that its Horizontal Lifeline can span up to 12m between supports on 8mm stainless steel cable. The system is also unique as the link device has been designed to allow entry/exit at any point along the entire length of the system. This link device has been engineered with a double action fail safe mechanism and has no mechanical/moving parts which reduces the potential for misuse and maintenance of the system. Swaging at each corner has been avoided through the application of a hollow stainless steel tube which allows the 8mm cable to pass through it. This tube is formed to the desired angle on site, allowing the system to change direction easily.
INSTALLATION Any fixing through the roof structure is a potential maintenance consideration for the future and additional cost when installing a horizontal life line system. With up to 50% less support posts needed to fix through the roof structure, Safesite's Horizontal Lifeline System reduces the potential maintenance to an absolute minimum and gives clients a substantial cost saving. On steel profile cladded roof designs, it may be possible to use a top fix bracket, thus avoiding the need to cut through the roof cladding panel in order to fix the support post as with traditional systems. This new technology has been made possible with the design of collapsible brackets which absorb the shock loading applied to the cladding panel and fixings. In some instances it may not be possible to conventionally fix through the roof's structure. In these cases a free standing fall arrest/restraint solution using the Linked Safesite Mobile Man Anchor can be provided. A series of Mobile Man Anchors can be linked at approximately 10m centres via the Safesite horizontal
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restraint line. When a bracket/Mobile Man Anchor is encountered, the link device attaching the operative to the system simply glides over the bracket without the need to detach. Whilst the operative is attached to the horizontal life line a fall restraint solution is provided. If the operative needs to go within 2m of the roof edge, then they must attach to an individual mobile man anchor and detach from the horizontal life line, fall arrest solution. CERTIFICATION Safesite's Horizontal Lifeline System has been tested successfully to BS EN 795: Protection against falls from a height anchor devices Requirements and Testing. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS All fall arrest systems & PPE equipment need regular inspection and re-certification in accordance with BS EN 365: Personal Protective Equipment against falls from height - General requirements
for instruction for use and marking. This can be carried out by Safesite as a service contract and included within the quotation for the system. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require that the employer/ building owner has a rescue plan and policy in place for all fall arrest systems. (see pages 94-99) INSTALLATION - DRAPERS HALL Safesite's Horizontal Lifeline systems was installed at Drapers Hall to ensure safe working conditions for contractors and employees during the restoration project which involved the re-roofing of the grand main hall. The Livery Hall is 40ft from floor to ceiling so during the reroofing phase, two Horizontal Lifeline systems were installed in the roof's eaves to provide a fall arrest protection solution. During the project, contractors were required to work in the void above the ceiling where severe space constraints meant that they had to work on and negotiate narrow areas and access routes. The Horizontal Lifeline
system provides the contractors with complete and continual hands free protection during the work. Although the lifeline systems were installed primarily to provide adequate safety measures for the re-roofing phase, the virtually invisible solutions were retained to ensure that any future maintenance to the roof or ceiling could be undertaken in complete safety. Plans to clean and restore the ceiling painting in the Livery Hall, painted by Herbert Draper between 1903 and 1910, was one such project where the Horizontal Lifeline system was able to offer permanent fall arrest protection. Safesite's Horizontal Lifeline system was also specified for external use allowing workers to access the roof which features a 2ft high parapet with narrow gullies either side and a 60ft drop to the ground below.
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SPECIFICATION
AN 705
WALL MOUNTED
AN 709 AN 725
FLAT ROOF MOUNTED
91mm 125mm
53mm
FLAT ROOF MOUNTED
Designed to allow the shuttle to pass over the brackets without detaching from the system. Maximum span of 12m between intermediate brackets. The unique design incorporates an active energy absorbing system PAS (Progressive Absorbing System) which takes up part of the generated forces in the event of a fall. Material : Stainless steel AISI 316L. Breaking strength >12kN. Net Weight : 0.46kg.
CABLE - AN 708
Stainless steel AISI 316L 8mm diameter 7x7 structure with breaking strength > 37kN, is suitable for spans of up to 12 meters between intermediate brackets. Net Weight : 0.246kg. per metre. 144mm 14mm
WALL MOUNTED
The Safesite Horizontal Life Line provides a permanently installed cable system that complies to BS EN 795 Class C. The system can be used in any horizontal configuration including curves and/or inclinations up to 15. The system can be installed on various structures utilising specifically designed posts. The spacing between intermediate supports can be up to 12m. The cable consists of an 8mm 316 grade stainless steel 7 x 7 structure with breaking resistance of >37kN. The system is pre-tensioned to 80daN. Annual certification in accordance with BS EN 365 and BS 7883 is required.
A swage connection ensures secure assembly of the cable (diam 8mm) to the end anchor. Material : Stainless steel AISI 316L. Breaking strength >52kN. Net Weight : 0.23kg. 40mm
AN 719
124mm
16mm
R260mm
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SHUTTLE - AN 700
Designed to enable the user to move easily and safely along the Lifeline. A spring loaded cleat fastens the shuttle to the cable. One then attaches the karabiner to the shuttle thus locking the shuttle onto the cable. The shuttle can be connected and disconnected at any point along the system. Material : Z8CND17 04 Stainless steel. Breaking strength 12kN. Net Weight : 0.39kg. 127mm
127mm
WALL MOUNTED
CEILING MOUNTED
FLOOR MOUNTED
200mm 200mm 240 - 320mm 240-320mm Dependent upon cladding Dependent upon cladding
0/0 90mm
425mm
415mm
415mm
250mm
250mm
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SHUTTLE OPERATION
Ensure the screw gate karabiner is connected to the required PPE BEFORE connection to the shuttle. Take the shuttle and screw gate karabiner in two hands. Unscrew the screw gate karabiner.
Once the screw gate karabiner is unscrewed push the karabiner together utilising your thumb as shown and detach the karabiner from the shuttle.
Whilst holding the shuttle as shown, utilise your forefinger to press in the small spring latch at the rear of the shuttle. Whilst holding in the spring latch, position the shuttle on the 8mm cable and release the spring latch.
Take the karabiner in one hand and push the karabiner together utilising your thumb as shown, to open the karabiner and position the shuttle as shown.
Thread the karabiner through the hole in the shuttle and release the karabiner so that it closes.
Whilst holding the shuttle and karabiner as shown, screw the screw gate karabiner to lock the device and ensure the karabiner cannot be opened via pushing together with your thumb as per stage two.
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RE-CERTIFICATION
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