Horizontal Lifeline

What Is Lifeline, Why Is It Necessary?

Lifelines play an important role in occupational safety and worker health in work at height. It is applied in order to prevent accidents that may occur during work at height and result in death, and to prevent material and moral losses of both the employer and the employee. The place of work; If there is a risk of injury in the event of a fall, whether below or above ground level, the work done in these places is called “working at height”. ( 6 April 2005 / Working at Height Regulation / England)

The lower limit for working at height, which differs from country to country, is 1.80 m in Europe and 1.20 m in the USA.

In the world and in our country, falling from a height in occupational accidents that occur during working at height is in the second place after motor vehicle accidents among all fatal cases.

Horizontal Lifeline (EN 795:2012 , CEN/TS 16415:2013)

Horizontal Lifeline ( GVR-2457 Anchor Device Type C); Work will be carried out on structures that do not have railings or parapets.

in steel constructions, in short, there is a possibility of falling of personnel who will work at height.

This system is used in all areas.

The Horizontal Lifeline, without any damage to the personnel working in the event of a possible fall.

This system can be installed permanently or temporarily.

Horizontal Life Lines ensure the safety of personnel working at height in all situations without interruption.

designed to provide

Horizontal Lifeline Installation method and fasteners are different according to steel, concrete, membrane, trapezoidal roof types.

The person moving on the roof is able to fix the back anchor of the seat belt, the carabiner and the wire rope by means of the hook.

by attaching it to the movable rope gripper with a retractable fall arrester or safety rope.

It can provide its movement in the horizontal plane uninterruptedly and safely, hands-free.

Thanks to the special design of the rope gripper and the intermediate anchors that guide the rope, it is uninterrupted without being stuck at intermediate points.

a movement can be achieved.

The shock absorber, which is a spring system that is connected to the main anchorage point, is a shock absorber on the person in case of any fall.

It prevents possible injury by absorbing the impact effect.

Usage areas ;

on roofs
In structures without balustrade or parapet,
on crane roads,
on bridges,
Filling facilities etc.
The minimum breaking load of the anchor points should be 12kN.
The system measured a maximum force of 24.52 kN at the final anchors, starting at 12 kN while testing the system.
On a system with a preload, 22.21 kN was measured by starting 9 kN.
The fall of a person will be reduced to a maximum force of 6 kN thanks to the shock absorber.
PPE to be used with the horizontal lifeline must comply with the standards.