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ANSI/ASSE Z359.4-2013
American National Standards Institute/American Society of Safety Engineers (ANSI/ASSE)
Title

"Safety requirements for assisted-rescue and self-rescue systems, subsystems and components"

Description

This standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, use, maintenance and removal from service of connectors, harnesses, lanyards, anchorage connectors, winches / hoists, descent control devices, rope tackle blocks, and self-retracting lanyards with integral rescue capability comprising rescue systems, utilized in pre-planned self-rescue and assisted-rescue applications for 1-2 persons.

Standard Type(s)
Guide

A compendium of information or series of options that does not recommend a specific course of action: A guide increases the awareness of information and approaches in a given subject area.

Test Method

A definitive procedure that produces a test result: Examples of test methods include, but are not limited to: identification, measurement, and evaluation of one or more qualities, characteristics, or properties. A precision and bias statement shall be reported at the end of a test method.

Standard

Document, established by consensus that provides rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results.

Personal Protective Equipment
Body Protection

All items of clothing and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured to provide specific protection. This includes bullet-proof clothing, general protective clothing and full body ensembles that protect from cuts, radiation, temperature extremes, hot splashes from molten metals and other hot liquids, potential impacts from tools, machinery and materials and hazardous chemicals. Examples of body protection include laboratory coats, coveralls, vests, jackets, aprons, surgical gowns and full body suits

  • Rescue systems
Hazards
Physical
  • Mechanical Hazards
Standard References
Referenced Standard

ASSP Z359.0-2023(https://wwwn.cdc.gov/PPEInfo/Standards/Info/ASSPZ35902023) - Definitions and Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection and Fall Arrest

ANSI/ASSE Z359.1-2024(https://wwwn.cdc.gov/PPEInfo/Standards/Info/ANSI/ASSEZ35912024) - The Fall Protection Code - Part of the Fall Protection Code

ANSI/ASSE Z359.12-2019(https://wwwn.cdc.gov/PPEInfo/Standards/Info/ANSI/ASSEZ359122019) - Connecting Components for Personal Fall Arrest Systems

ANSI/ASSE Z359.2-2023(https://wwwn.cdc.gov/PPEInfo/Standards/Info/ANSI/ASSEZ35922023) - Minimum Requirements for a Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Program

ANSI/ASSE Z359.7-2019(https://wwwn.cdc.gov/PPEInfo/Standards/Info/ANSI/ASSEZ35972019) - Qualification and Verification Testing of Fall Protection Products

Conformity Assessment Notes

Various performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training and criteria are required as specified in the document.

Comments

Additional References:

  • UL 969, Standard for Marking and Labeling Systems
  • ASTM B117-03, Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
  • ASTM E8-04, Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
  • ANSI/ASSE Z359.0, Defnitions and Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection and Fall Arrest
  • ANSI/ASSE Z359.1, Safety Requirements for Personal Fall Arrest Systems, Subsystems and Components
  • ANSI/ASSE Z359.2, Minimum Requirements for a Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Program
  • ANSI/ASSE Z359.7, Qualifcation and Verification Testing of Fall Protection Products
  • ANSI/ASSE Z359.12, Personal Energy Absorbers and Energy Absorbing Lanyards
  • FED-STD-191/4108, Strength and Elongation, Breaking; Textile Webbing, Tape and Braded Items
  • FED-STD-191/6016, Strength and Elongation, Breaking of Cordage: Non-Spliced Specimen Method
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