PETZL ST’ANNEAU Lightweight Sewn Sling Temporary Anchor Device Instruction Manual

PETZL ST’ANNEAU Lightweight Sewn Sling Temporary Anchor Device

These instructions explain how to correctly use your equipment. Only certain techniques and uses are described. The warning symbols inform you of some potential dangers related to the use of your equipment, but it is impossible to describe them all. Check Petzl.com for updates and additional information. You are responsible for heeding each warning and using your equipment correctly. Any misuse of this equipment will create additional dangers. Contact Petzl if you have any doubts or difficulty understanding these instructions.

Field of application

• Personal protective equipment (PPE) used for fall protection.
  • Sling (EN 566: 2017).
• Sling for mountaineering, climbing and other vertical sports using similar techniques.
  • Type B temporary anchor device (EN 795 type B: 2012).

Do not use this equipment as a means of hoisting. Principal materials: high- modulus polyethylene. This product must not be pushed beyond its limits, nor be used for any purpose other than that for which it is designed.

Responsibility

WARNING

Activities involving the use of this equipment are inherently dangerous. You are responsible for your own actions, decisions and safety.

Before using this equipment, you must:

• Read and understand all Instructions for Use.
• Get specific training in its proper use.
• Become acquainted with its capabilities and limitations.
• Understand and accept the risks involved.

Failure to heed any of these warnings may result in severe injury or death.

This product must only be used by competent and responsible persons, or those placed under the direct and visual control of a competent and responsible person. You are responsible for your actions, your decisions and your safety and you assume the consequences of same. If you are not able, or not in a position to assume this responsibility, or if you do not fully understand the Instructions for Use, do not use this equipment.

Inspection, points to verify

Petzl recommends a detailed inspection by a competent person at least once every 12 months. Record the results on your PPE inspection form: type, model, manufacturer contact info, serial number or individual number, dates: manufacture, purchase, first use, next periodic inspection; problems, comments, inspector’s name and signature (see examples at Petzl.com/ppe). It is recommended that you write the next inspection date on your product.

Before each use

Check the condition of the webbing and of the safety stitching. Look for cuts, wear and damage due to use, to heat, to chemicals… Be particularly careful to check for cut or loose threads.

During use

It is important to regularly monitor the condition of the product and its connections to the other equipment in the system. Make sure that all items of equipment are correctly positioned with respect to each other.

Compatibility

Verify that this product is compatible with the other elements of the system in your application (compatible = good functional interaction). Equipment used with your sling must meet current standards in your country (e.g. EN 12275 and/or EN 362 connectors).

EN 566 usage precautions

• The results given were obtained in laboratory testing, using new products.
• Warning: do not fall on a sling.
• Wet or frozen slings are more difficult to handle.

EN 795 type B standard information

When the anchor device is used as part of a fall arrest system, the user must be equipped with a means of limiting the impact force, exerted on the user when the fall is arrested, to a maximum value of 6 kN. The structure must be able to hold 12 kN.

Additional information

This product meets the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment. The EU declaration of conformity is available at Petzl.com.

• The melting point of high-modulus polyethylene (140° C) is lower than that of nylon and polyester.
• You must have a rescue plan and the means to rapidly implement it in case of difficulties encountered while using this equipment.
• The anchor point for the system should preferably be located above the user’s position and should meet the requirements of the EN 795 standard (12 kN minimum strength).
• In a fall arrest system, it is essential to check the required clearance below the user before each use, in order to avoid hitting the ground or an obstacle in case of a fall.
• Make sure that the anchor point is correctly positioned, in order to limit the risk and the length of a fall.
• A fall arrest harness is the only device allowable for supporting the body in a fall arrest system.
• When using multiple items of equipment, a dangerous situation can arise in which the safety function of an item of equipment can be affected by the safety function of another item of equipment.
• WARNING: ensure that your products do not rub against abrasive or sharp surfaces.
• Users must be medically fit for activities at height.
  • WARNING: inert suspension in a harness can result in serious injury or death.
• The Instructions for Use for each item of equipment used in conjunction with this product must be followed.
• The Instructions for Use must be provided to the user of this equipment, in the language of the country where the equipment is used.
• Make sure the markings on the product are legible.

When to retire your equipment:

WARNING: an exceptional event can lead you to retire a product after only one use, depending on the type and intensity of usage and the environment of usage (harsh environments, marine environments, sharp edges, extreme temperatures, chemicals…).

A product must be retired when:

• It is over 10 years old and made of plastic or textiles.
• It has been subjected to a major fall (or load).
• It fails to pass inspection. You have any doubt as to its reliability?
• You do not know its full usage history.
• When it becomes obsolete due to changes in legislation, standards, technique or incompatibility with other equipment…

Destroy these products to prevent further use. Icons:

• Lifetime: 10 years
• Marking
• Acceptable temperatures
• Usage precautions
• Cleaning/disinfection
• Drying
• Storage/transport
• Maintenance
• Modifications/repairs (prohibited outside of Petzl facilities, except replacement parts)
• Questions/contact

Sling:  Temporary anchor device

• 24 cm
• 60 cm
• 120 cm

WARNING

Activities involving the use of this equipment are inherenty dangerous. You are responsible for your own actions and decisions.

Before using this equipment, you must:

• Read and understand all Instructions for Use.
• Get specific training in its proper use
• Become acquainted with its capabilities and imitations.
• Understand and accept the risks Moved.
• FAILURE TO HEED ANY OF THESE WARNINGS MAY RESULT IN SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH.

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FONDATION-PETZL.ORG

TECHNICAL NOTICE

Do not put a STRING on a sling

1. Field of application text part
2. Inspection points to verify
3. Compatibility (text part)
4. Precautions for use

• Do not fall on a sling

1. Standards information
2. EN 795 type B: 2012
3. Tested tensile strength
4. Traceability and markings
5. Individual number
6. Additional information
   • Lifetime
   • Markings
   • Acceptable T°
   • +80°C/+ 176°F
   • 40°C/- 40°F
   • Precautions for use
   • Cleaning
   • Drying
   • Storage Transport
   • Modifications Repairs
   • FAQ- Contact

petzl.com

• Latest version
• Other
• Technical tips
• PE checking

Warning symbols

UK CA

8509

This product is compliant with Regulation 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment as amended to apply in Great Britain. The UK declaration of confomity is available at Petzl.com

Approved Body performing the UKCA type examination

SGS United Kingdom Ltd
Inward way Rossmore Business Park Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 3EN United Kingdom N° 0120

Approved body responsible for the production control of this PPE: Product Assessment and Reliability Centre Ltd Bideford EX39 4LQ United Kingdom N°8509

Authorized Representative in UK: PETZL UK Agency, Unit 3-7, Tebay Business Park, Old Tebay, Penrith, CA10 3SS, United Kingdom

References

• Petzl.com
• Petzl.com/
• Petzl.com/ppe

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