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TOMORROW’S CLEANING FEBRUARY 10
FASET publishes definitive
standards for testing
and repairing fall arrest
safety nets
FASET, the trade association for the fall arrest Because nets are manufactured from The second standard covers the repairing of
and safety net rigging industry, has published
polypropylene – a material that is adversely
knotless nets. Subject to certain key criteria
industry standards for testing safety nets for
affected by ultra violet light – they must have
being met – which the standard clearly sets
UV degradation and for repairing knotless nets
been tested within the 12 month period prior to
out - these nets can be repaired for further
following damage.
use to ensure they meet the minimum strength
use following damage by cutting, abrasion or
requirements specified by the manufacturer.
A collective protection system, safety nets are
hot materials.
increasingly used to reduce injury on site by
The standard covers all aspects of testing
Setting out the minimum standard for
including calibration of the testing machine
absorbing energy from a falling body. As such, permanent laced patch repairs, the 2-page
itself, the specification and speed of the test,
they are subject to stringent inspection and
the permissible breaking strength and how to
document also covers permanent single strand
maintenance routines.
record the results.
repairs, C-ring repairs, border rope and
Produced by the association’s health,
temporary on-site repairs, plus repairs
All testers must be deemed competent by a
safety and technical committee, the first
adjacent to selvedge.
FASET safety net manufacturing member as
standard addresses the testing of safety nets
evidenced by a FASET safety net tester’s
Comments FASET company secretary, Tony
for UV degradation.
certificate.
Seddon: “Safety netting is there to protect
workers in the event of a fall from height. It is
therefore essential that these nets, doing such
an all-important job, are subject to exacting
requirements.”
“Produced by FASET members who know and
understand the industry, these are definitive
standards for inspection and repair.”
Both standards are available free from FASET.
For more information please visit
www.faset.org.uk
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