General Warning - Tractel Travsafe Installations-, Gebrauchs- Und Wartungsanleitung

1. General warning

1. The travsafe™ sliders are mobile anchor points on
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a horizontal EN 795 C steel rope. This device can
only be used by one person equipped with a fall
arrest harness (EN 361) and a fall arrest system
(EN 363).
2. Before use, it is essential to have received
training in the use of this equipment, have read
this manual carefully, as well as the installation,
use and maintenance instructions for travsmart
lifelines, and to comply with their requirements.
These instructions must be provided and stored
with each system or component, and be kept at
the disposal of any user.
3. Never use a traveller if there are any doubts
concerning its safety. We recommend a visual
inspection before each use. Return any traveller
which is damaged and/or does not operate to
Tractel , or to your distributor. It is essential to
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check that the support structure is compatible with
the traveller.
4. Any travsafe™ that has not been subject to a
periodical inspection during the previous 12
months should not be used. They can only be used
again after a new periodical inspection carried out
by an approved and competent technician who
can offer written permission for use. Failing these
inspections and permissions, the slider will be
stripped down and destroyed.
5. Tractel SAS accepts no responsibility for the
consequences of any modification of the traveller.
6. If a travsafe™ slider is not in obvious good
condition, or if it has served to arrest a fall, all of
the equipment must be checked by
an approved and competent technician who can
offer written permission for use.
7. travsafe™ sliders are ideal for use on an open air
worksite and for ambient temperatures ranging
from -35°C to +80°C.
8. The instructions
together to create a fall arrest system must be
followed in accordance with standard EN 363.
9. During use, the adjustment and attachment
elements must be checked. Check also that the
traveller is protected against any hazards (sharp
edges, friction, sources of heat, twisting, etc.).
10. If you must assign the equipment to an employee
or similar person, please comply with the relevant
labour regulations.
11. The maximum operating load for travsafe™ sliders
is 150 kg.
12. If the weight of the operator, together with the
weight of their equipment and tools is between 100
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Tractel or by
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for attaching components
kg and 150 kg you must check that this total weight
(operator + equipment + tools) does not exceed
the maximum operating load for each component
of the fall arrest system.
SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
For any special applications, please contact
TRACTEL
2. Definitions and pictograms
2.1. Definitions
«User»: Person or department responsible for the
management and safe use of the product described
in the manual.
«Technician»: Qualified
maintenance operations described and permitted by
the user manual, who is competent and familiar with
the product.
«Installer»: Qualified person in charge of the
installation of the lifeline.
«Operator»: Someone working and using the lifeline
as intended.
«PPE»: Personal protective equipment against falls
from height.
«Connector»: Connecting
components of a fall arrest system. It complies with
EN 362.
«Structural anchor»:
permanently to a structure (host or carrier) to which
it is possible to attach an anchor device or personal
protective equipment (against falls from height). On
the travspring™, travspring™ One and travsmart
lifelines, structural anchors are fixed end anchor
points on steel structures, themselves attached to the
Tractel stanchion, or into concrete using screws or
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fastening dowels.
«Belay lanyard»: Connecting component between an
anchor point and a system to secure.
«Fall arrest harness»: Body gripper designed to stop
falls. It is made up of straps and buckles. It includes
fall arrest attachment points marked with an A if they
can be used alone, or marked with a A/2 if they are
to be used in combination with another A/2 point. It
complies with EN 361.
«Lifeline»: There is no reference to the term «lifeline»
in the regulations or standards. The horizontal
travspring™, travspring™ One and travsmart lifelines
belong to the category «Anchoring device equipped
with flexible horizontal belaying support».
«Anchoring device»: Component or series of items
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person in charge of
element between
Component attached