BS EN 341:2011
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Personal fall protection equipment. Descender devices for rescue
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31-08-2011
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and classes
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
6 Marking
7 Information supplied by the manufacturer
Annex A (informative) - Significant technical changes
between this European Standard and EN 341:1992
Describes requirements, test methods, marking and information to be supplied by the manufacturer for descender devices, which include descent lines (hereinafter referred to as lines), intended for rescue and to protect against falls in a rescue system, which is a personal fall protection system.
| Committee |
PH/5
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 90/40696 DC and 94/508102 DC. (04/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
26
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This European Standard specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information to be supplied by the manufacturer for descender devices, which include descent lines (hereinafter referred to as lines), intended for rescue and to protect against falls in a rescue system, which is a personal fall protection system. This European Standard does not specify requirements for descender devices that are used for descending in mountaineering, rope access or work positioning systems.
NOTE A descender device which enables the user to rescue himself and which conforms to this European Standard is personal protective equipment (PPE).
| Standards | Relationship |
| NEN EN 341 : 2011 | Identical |
| NS EN 341 : 2011 | Identical |
| DIN EN 341:2011-09 | Identical |
| EN 341:2011 | Identical |
| UNI EN 341 : 2011 | Identical |
| NBN EN 341 : 2011 | Identical |
| NF EN 341 : 2011 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 341:1997 | Identical |
| I.S. EN 341:2011 | Identical |
| BS 8405(2003) : 2003 | PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AGAINST FALLS FROM A HEIGHT - DESCENDER DEVICES - SINGLE-HAND OPERATED DESCENDER DEVICES FOR SELF OR ASSISTED RESCUE |
| 05/30090942 DC : DRAFT JAN 2005 | BS 7883 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN, SELECTION, INSTALLATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF ANCHOR DEVICES CONFORMING TO BS EN 795 |
| BS 7985:2009 | Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes |
| BS 7985:2013 | Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes. Recommendations and guidance supplementary to BS ISO 22846 |
| BS 7883:2005 | Code of practice for the design, selection, installation, use and maintenance of anchor devices conforming to BS EN 795 |
| 03/101170 DC : DRAFT JAN 2003 | THE SELECTION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN THE WORKPLACE |
| BS 8437(2005) : 2005 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SELECTION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN THE WORKPLACE |
| BS 7883:1997 | Code of practice for application and use of anchor devices conforming to BS EN 795 |
| 13/30277332 DC : 0 | BS 7985 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE USE OF ROPE ACCESS METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES |
| BS 7985:2002 | Code of Practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes |
| EN 12385-1:2002+A1:2008 | Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 1: General requirements |
| EN 1496:2017 | Personal fall protection equipment - Rescue lifting devices |
| EN ISO 9227:2017 | Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres - Salt spray tests (ISO 9227:2017) |
| EN 363:2008 | Personal fall protection equipment - Personal fall protection systems |
| ISO 9227:2017 | Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres — Salt spray tests |
| EN 1891:1998 | Personal protective equipment for the prevention of falls from a height - Low stretch kernmantel ropes |
| EN 362:2004 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height - Connectors |
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