BS EN 363 is a European standard on personal fall protective equipment that discusses personal fall protection systems to ensure the protection of the user against falls from a height.
BS EN 363 specifies the general characteristics and assembly of personal fall protection systems. BS EN 363 gives examples for the specific types of personal fall protection systems and describes how components may be assembled into systems.
BS EN 363 on personal fall protection system is useful for:
Personal fall protection systems protect the user against falls from a height by either preventing or arresting free falls.
BS EN 363 assists you by describing the characteristics and principles for the assembly of personal fall protection systems in general, and, specifically, for restraint, work positioning, fall arrest, rope access, and rescue systems.
With compliance and obedience to the characteristics and principles of BS EN 363, you can assemble the components into systems to enhance the performance of personal fall protection equipment and protect personnel from falling or in the event they do fall, to stop them without causing severe injury.
BS EN 363:2018 supersedes EN 363:2008, which is withdrawn. BS EN 363:2018 has made some technical changes compared to the previous edition EN 363:2008. These include:
EN 363:2018