Code of practice for the planning, design, setting up and use of temporary suspended access equipment

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31-10-2017

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English

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31-03-2010

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British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Identifying hazards
5 Planning and exchange of information
6 Responsibilities
7 Health and safety
8 Types of temporary suspended access equipment (TSAE)
9 Materials and component selection
10 Righting and overturning moments
11 Design criteria of the TSAE and installation
12 Identification and registration of components and
marking of working load limits
13 Electrical requirements
14 Protection against lightning
15 Installation, commissioning, handover and dismantling
16 Maintenance, thorough examination and testing of TSAE
17 Using TSAEs
18 Care of materials and equipment in store
19 Personnel and training
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Stability calculations
Annex B (normative) - Scope and nature of thorough
examinations
Bibliography

Describes recommendations for the selection, design, installation, inspection, use and maintenance of temporarily installed suspended access equipment/systems (TSAE), as defined in BS EN 1808.

This code of practice makes recommendations for the selection, design, installation, inspection, use and maintenance of temporarily installed suspended access equipment/systems (TSAE), as defined in BS EN 1808. Non-standard installations are covered by this code.

Steeplejacks and steeplejack operations are not covered in this standard.

This British Standard does not cover permanently installed suspended access equipment, that equipment is covered by BS 6037-1.

Requirements for slung scaffolds, being working platforms on scaffold tubes or wire ropes but which cannot be raised or lowered by the user, are contained in BS EN 12811-1.

NOTE BS EN 1808 specifies the design and construction requirements relating to the safety of suspended access equipment and is a harmonized standard supporting the provisions of the Machinery Directive [7]. BS EN 1808 is not retrospective and therefore does not relate to equipment manufactured before its introduction in 1999.

Committee	MHE/12/7
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 5974(1990), 07/30016130 DC & 08/30181828 DC. (04/2010)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	62
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
Supersedes	BS 5974:1990

BS ISO 4309:2010	Cranes. Wire ropes. Care and maintenance, inspection and discard
BS EN 74-1:2005	Couplers, spigot pins and baseplates for use in falsework and scaffolds Part 1: Couplers for tubes - Requirements and test procedures
BS EN 1808:2015	Safety requirements for suspended access equipment. Design calculations, stability criteria, construction. Examinations and tests
BS 7671(2008) : 2008	REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - IET WIRING REGULATIONS
BS EN 60309-2 : 1999	PLUGS, SOCKET-OUTLETS AND COUPLERS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES - PART 2: DIMENSIONAL INTERCHANGEABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PIN AND CONTACT-TUBE ACCESSORIES
BS EN 361:2002	Personal protective equipment against falls from a height. Full body harnesses
BS EN 12811-1:2003	Temporary works equipment Scaffolds. Performance requirements and general design
BIP 2118 : 2007	PROTECTION AGAINST LIGHTNING - A UK GUIDE TO THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF BS EN 62305
BS EN 1809 : 2014	DIVING EQUIPMENT - BUOYANCY COMPENSATORS - FUNCTIONAL AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, TEST METHODS
BS EN 795:2012	Personal fall protection equipment. Anchor devices
BS 6037-1:2003	Code of practice for the planning, design, installation and use of permanently installed access equipment Suspended access equipment
BS 4293:1983	Specification for residual current-operated circuit-breakers

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BS 5974:2010

Code of practice for the planning, design, setting up and use of temporary suspended access equipment

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