National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 17235:2024.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/542/8, Light transmitting plastics sheeting for roofing and cladding. Prefabricated accessories for roofing.

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European foreword

This document (EN 17235:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 128 “Roof covering products for discontinuous laying and products for wall cladding”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.

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Introduction

A reliable anchor device and safety hook are essential components to attach any personal fall protection equipment.

This document is intended to act as a complementary standard for existing European Standards covering other components used in fall protection systems.

Permanent anchor devices and safety hooks intend to prevent persons from falling and to arrest falls used in and on buildings and civil engineering works. These products meant to be secured in such a way that they are part of the construction work and intended to ensure the safety in use or in the functioning of a construction work.

The purpose and scope of application and the performance characteristics are based on the need that, in the case of fall from height, anchor kits and safety hook kits bear the dynamic force peak value generated by the mass of one or more persons, including any equipment carried.

This document is intended for the testing of new products before placing them on the market and gives only minimum performance characteristics. It is essential that safety hooks and permanent anchor devices are designed and manufactured so that, in the foreseeable conditions of use for which they are intended, the user is able to perform the risk-related activity while being appropriately protected at the highest possible level.

Manufacturers may wish to bear these points in mind when deciding on the actual performance of their products.

These products protect against fatal injury and therefore special characteristics apply.

1 Scope

This document specifies assessment of characteristics for anchor devices and safety hooks intended to be used with personal fall protection systems to prevent persons from falling and arrest falls, both permanently fixed on or into buildings and civil engineering works.

The safety hooks covered under this standard are also intended to for the attachment of mobile roof ladders or work platforms and have an opening of not less than 80 mm and not more than 150 mm, see Figure 2. The height h of the hook is at least 120 mm.

NOTE The personal fall protection systems are used according to EN 363:2018.

This standard also covers the fastening kits used to secure the anchor devices or safety hooks on or into the load bearing structure.

It specifies essential dimensions, materials and criteria to assess the performance of representative load bearing structures.

This standard describes the methods and criteria to assess the performance and durability of the following anchor kits:

Kit A (Anchor kit incorporating a single anchor device);
Kit B (Anchor kit incorporating a safety hook);
Kit C (Anchor kit incorporating a horizontal wire anchor line);
Kit D (Anchor kit incorporating a horizontal rail anchor line).

The kits described in this standard consist usually of several components. They are intended to be evaluated as a kit in its entirety.

This standard is not applicable to:

Temporary anchor devices according to EN 795:2012;
Facilities for roof access according to EN 516:2006;
Permanently fixed ladders on roofs according to EN 12951:2004.
Permanent anchor devices and safety hooks fixed with nails.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms

4 Product characteristics

4.1 General

4.2 Mechanical resistance

4.3 Water permeability

4.4 Kit A

4.5 Kit B

4.6 Kit C

4.7 Kit D

5 Test methods

5.1 General

5.2 Test arrangements and apparatus

5.3 Kit A

5.4 Kit B

5.5 Kit C

5.6 Kit D

5.7 Corrosion resistance

5.8 Water permeability

5.9 Test report

6 Assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP)

6.1 General

6.2 Assessment of performance

6.3 Verification of constancy of performance

Bibliography

BS EN 17235:2024

Permanent anchor devices and safety hooks

Current

Published:

30 Sep 2024