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BS EN 341:2011

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Personal fall protection equipment. Descender devices for rescue
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

08-31-2011

Publisher

British Standards Institution

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.

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).

Committee
PH/5
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 90/40696 DC and 94/508102 DC. (04/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
26
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

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 364:1992/AC:1993 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AGAINST FALLS FROM A HEIGHT - TEST METHODS
EN 365:2004/AC:2006 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AGAINST FALLS FROM A HEIGHT - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, MAINTENANCE, PERIODIC EXAMINATION, REPAIR, MARKING AND PACKAGING
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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