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Use as protection against falls of mobile
The fall arrester has been tested and approved as protection against falls when the person using the device
is thrown out (catapult or whip effect) in connection with the use of a full body harness according to EN
361:2002 in mobile elevating work platforms of elevating platforms which are equipped with suitable anchor
points.
The operating instructions of the mobile elevating work platform should be observed!
The following should be observed amongst other things:
1. As a matter of principle, injuries of the person using the device, such as hitting the working platform or the
boom of the elevating platform, when using the fall arrester cannot be excluded.
2. The fall arrester may only be used in connection with full body harnesses according to EN 361:2002 with
D rings on the back and chest.
3. Only anchor points with sufficient load-bearing capacity (
may be used. When using higher anchor points at the working platform, the safe functioning of the fall
arrester is no longer ensured.
4. The fall arrester is connected to the suitable anchor point of the working platform by means of a lanyard
(max. length of 110 mm) according to EN 362:2004. With its lanyard element, the retractable lanyard
is connected to the D-ring of the full body harness. Using an extension in connection with the full body
harness D-ring on the chest is not admissible.
5. The fall arrester is connected at the full body harness D-ring on the back by means of a lanyard (max.
length of 110 mm) according to EN 362:2004. With its lanyard, the retractable lanyard is fastened at a
suitable anchor point at the working platform (
D-ring on the back and the fall arrester is not admissible.
6. When choosing the D-ring, the full body harness and the anchor points in the working platform, it should
be ensured that always the shortest connection between the D-ring of the full body harness and the
anchor point is established. Modifications of the system are not admissible.
7. In order to prevent the person using the device from being thrown out of the working platform while the
elevating platform is travelling, the connection between an anchor point at the front in the area of the
control panel (max. height of the knee rail or lower) and the full body harness D-ring on the chest should
be chosen
( ). Optionally, a rear anchor point and the full body harness D-ring on the back without using an
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extension can also be chosen (
8. In order to be able to prevent the person using the device from hitting the ground or hitting other parts in
the environment when being thrown out, the free space below the working platform should be at least 2.0
m ( ).
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9. The total insert length of the HWB 1.8 including all connecting elements should not exceed 1.8 m.
ENGLISH
elevating work platforms HWB 1,8
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+ ). Using an extension between the full body harness
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) which are at least 35 cm below the handrail
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