Definitions And Pictograms; Function And Description - Tractel stopfor Série Instructions D'emploi Et D'entretien

21. Stopfor™ fall arresters must be used on a vertical
belay support or with a maximum vertical angle
of 30° or a maximum displacement of 3m from
the vertical (see Fig. 6.2). They can be used in
a horizontal position to work on terraces and not
more than 1.50 m from the perpendicular to the
ridge (see Fig. 6.1).
For any special application, please contact
Tractel

2. Definitions and pictograms

2.1. Definitions
"Supervisor": Person or department responsible for
the management and safety of use of the product
described in the manual.
"Technician" : Qualified person in charge of the
maintenance operations described in, and authorised
by the user manual, who is competent and familiar
with the product.
"Operator": Operational person involved in the use of
the product as it is intended to be used.
"PPE": Personal protective equipment against falls
from height.
"Connector": Connection
components of a fall-arrest system. This is EN 362
compliant.
"Fall-arrest harness": Body harness designed
to arrest falls. It consists of straps and buckles.
It features fall-arrest attachment points marked with
an A if they can be used alone, or marked with A/2 if
they are to be used in combination with another A/2
point. This is EN 361 compliant.
"Fall-arrester including a flexible anchor line":
Subsystem consisting of a flexible anchor line (rope),
a guided-type fall arrester with an automatic blocking
system that is secured to the flexible anchor line, and a
connector or a line terminated by a connector.
"Maximum operating load": Maximum weight of the
operator, equipped with the correct PPE, workwear,
tools and the parts they need to perform the task at
hand.
"Fall-arrester system": Set composed of the
following items:
– Fall-arrest harness.
– Self-retracting fall-arrester,
absorber, or mobile fall prevention device with rigid
belaying supports, or mobile fall prevention device
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element between
or energy shock-
with flexible belaying supports.
– Anchoring.
– Linking component.
"Fall-arrest system component": Generic term
defining one of the following:
– Fall-arrest harness.
– Self-retracting fall-arrester,
absorber, or mobile fall prevention device with rigid
belaying supports, or mobile fall prevention device
with flexible belaying supports.
– Anchoring.
– Linking component.
2.2. Pictograms
DANGER: Placed at the beginning of the line,
refers to instructions to avoid injury to persons,
including death, serious or minor injuries, and damage
to the environment.
IMPORTANT: Placed at the beginning of the line,
refers to instructions for avoiding a failure or damage
to equipment, but do not directly endangering the life
or health of the operator or that of others, and/or not
likely to cause environmental damage.
NOTE: Placed at the beginning of the line,
refers to instructions to ensure the effectiveness and
convenience of installation, use or maintenance
operations.
3. Operation
Check before use:
• No deformation of the flanges;
• the visual state of the anchor line and the lanyard;
• the blocking efficiency of the stopfor™ fitted onto the
anchor line: tug sharply on the device in the opposite
direction to that indicated by the arrow on the casing;
• take the stopfor™ by its connector. Raise up then
down at slow speed to check for good sliding.
• the system's installation conditions (see chapter 8:
"Installation");
• the correct orientation of the stopfor™ on the anchor
line;
• the state of the harness and connectors' associated
components.

4. Function and description

The stopfor™ is a
mechanical device, which comprises, with the flexible
anchor line on which it slides, a sub-unit of the
or energy shock-
fall-arrester self-tightening
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