EN 361: 2002
Personal protective equipment against from falls from a height: full body harnesses
The safety harness, body holding system designed to prevent falls, attached directly to the user.
This system can include various parts : straps, buckles, etc...
A harness includes at least one anchoring point (or attaching point) providing a link with a lanyard.
EN 361 - FULL BODY HARNESS | |
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The fall arrest harness is a body gripping device
(adjustable to the user’s morphology)
designed to stop falls. It’s an element
of the fall arrest device (anchorage device
+ fall arrest link + full body harness)
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> Static resistance: 15kN
> Dynamic performance:
Harness fitted to a 100 kg mass, connected to a rope.
Must resist to two falls of 4 m:
Head-up position, and head-down position the harness must
hold the dummy. After each fall, the dummy must be hold in a position
not exceeding 50° from the upright position.
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