BS 8405(2003) : 2003
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AGAINST FALLS FROM A HEIGHT - DESCENDER DEVICES - SINGLE-HAND OPERATED DESCENDER DEVICES FOR SELF OR ASSISTED RESCUE
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English
01-01-2003
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
6 Marking
7 Instructions for use
Bibliography
Describes performance requirements for descender devices that are controllable by one person using one hand only, to be used for self-rescue, rescue assisted by a second person, or where the rescuer and rescuee descend in tandem.
| Committee |
PH/5
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 99/566209 DC (03/2003) 2003 Edition Re-Issued in February 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. (03/2009) Supersedes 07/30157027 DC. (04/2009)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
18
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
| BS EN 355:2002 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. Energy absorbers |
| BS 7479:1991 | Method for salt spray corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres |
| ISO 1141:2012 | Fibre ropes Polyester 3-, 4-, 8- and 12-strand ropes |
| BS EN 354:2010 | Personal fall protection equipment. Lanyards |
| BS EN 341:2011 | Personal fall protection equipment. Descender devices for rescue |
| BS EN 1497:2007 | Personal fall protection equipment. Rescue harnesses |
| BS EN 361:2002 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. Full body harnesses |
| BS EN 360:2002 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. Retractable type fall arresters |
| BS EN 353-2:2002 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor line |
| BS EN 362:2004 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. Connectors |
| ISO 1140:2012 | Fibre ropes Polyamide 3-, 4-, 8- and 12-strand ropes |
| BS EN 363:2008 | Personal fall protection equipment. Personal fall protection systems |
| BS EN 353-1 : 2014 | PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT - GUIDED TYPE FALL ARRESTERS INCLUDING AN ANCHOR LINE - PART 1: GUIDED TYPE FALL ARRESTERS INCLUDING A RIGID ANCHOR LINE |
| BS EN 892 : 2012 | MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENT - DYNAMIC MOUNTAINEERING ROPES - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS |
| BS EN 813:1997 | Personal protective equipment for prevention of falls from a height. Sit harnesses |
| BS EN 364:1993 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. Test methods |
| ISO 7000:2014 | Graphical symbols for use on equipment Registered symbols |
| BS EN ISO 7500-1:2015 | Metallic materials. Calibration and verification of static uniaxial testing machines Part 1: Tension/compression testing machines. Calibration and verification of the force-measuring system |
| BS EN 358:2000 | Personal protective equipment for work positioning and prevention of falls from a height. Belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards |
| BS EN 1891:1998 | Personal protective equipment for the prevention of falls from a height. Low stretch kernmantel ropes |
| BS EN 365:2004 | Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. General requirements for instructions for use, maintenance, periodic examination, repair, marking and packaging |
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