ISO 10333-6:2004
Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 6: System performance tests

Standard No.

ISO 10333-6:2004

Release Date

2004

Published By

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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ISO 10333-6:2004

Scope

This part of ISO 10333 specifies tests and requirements for complete personal fall arrest systems (PFAS) made up from specific combinations of components and subsystems selected from those conforming to the other parts of ISO 10333 and to ISO 14567, where it is both important and desirable to ascertain satisfactory system performance and interactive component compatibility. It includes PFAS performance tests using a rigid torso test mass as a surrogate for the fader. Examples of personal fall arrest systems, as well as descriptions of how components or subsystems may be connected together to constitute a system, are also given. This part of ISO 10333 is applicable to PFAS limited to single-person use of a total mass not exceeding 100 kg and, when activated, will arrest the person and limit the arresting force to a maximum of 6 kN. It is not applicable to a) PFAS which use waist belts or chest harnesses as the sole body holding component, b) PFAS incorporating lanyards without energy absorbers or without a means of energy dissipation, c) subsystems and components outside the PFAS scopes of the other parts of ISO 10333 and ISO 14567, or d) equipment used for material lifting purposes. Where other features are integral with components and subsystems which allow them to be assembled into other types of safety system associated with personal fall arrest systems — for example, work positioning systems (WPS), fall restraint systems (FRS), controlled descent systems (CDS), confined space access systems (CSAS) or rescue systems (RS) — this part of ISO 10333 relates only to the fall arrest function of such components and subsystems. This part of ISO 10333 does not specify those additional requirements that would apply when personal fall arrest Systems are subjected to special conditions of use (where, for example, there exist unusual limitations concerning access to the place of work and/or particular environmental factors). NOTE Personal fall arrest systems outside the scope of this part of ISO 10333 need to be performance tested in the manner in which they are intended to be used, taking into account the workplace geometry. Advice will need to be sought from the equipment manufacturer accordingly.

ISO 10333-6:2004 Referenced Document

• ISO 10333-1:2000 Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 1: Full-body harnesses
• ISO 10333-2:2000 Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 2: Lanyards and energy absorbers
• ISO 10333-3:2000 Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 3: Self-retracting lifelines
• ISO 10333-4:2002 Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 4: Vertical rails and vertical lifelines incorporating a sliding-type fall arrester
• ISO 10333-5:2001 Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 5: Connectors with self-closing and self-locking gates
• ISO 14567:1999 Personal protective equipment for protection against falls from a height - Single-point anchor devices

ISO 10333-6:2004 history

• 2004 ISO 10333-6:2004 Personal fall-arrest systems - Part 6: System performance tests