ANSI ASSP Z359.18:2017 pdf download.Safety Requirements for AnchorageConnectors for Active Fall Protection Systems Part of the Fall Protection Code.
ANSI ASSP Z359.18 establishes requirements for the performance, design, testing, marking and instructions for use of anchorage connectors in travel restraint, fall arrest, rescue, work position, rope access and suspended component/tie-back line systems only.
1.2 Purpose and Application.
1.2.1 The purpose of ANSI ASSP Z359.18 is to protect workers in occupations requiring personal protection from falls from heights, by providing verifiable requirements for the design and performance of anchorage connectors, along with test methods to assess conformity to these requirements.
1.2.2 ANSI ASSP Z359.18 applies to manufacturers, distributors, testing organizations, regulators, purchasers and authorized users of personal fall protection equipment, as well as personnel responsible for the design and implementation of fall protection systems.
1.2.3 ANSI ASSP Z359.18 partially addresses the quality and abilities of the substrate structure (anchorage) to which the anchorage connector is attached. Therefore, the anchorage connector also relies on users properly following users instructions provided by the manufacturer to create a safe anchorage system to which anchorage connectors are affixed. See Figure 1.
1.2.4 ANSI ASSP Z359.18 does not differentiate between temporary, portable and permanent anchorage connectors.
1.2.5 Before any anchorage connector shall bear the marking ANSI Z359.18 or be represented in any way as being in compliance with ANSI ASSP Z359.18, it shall meet all applicable requirements of this standard. Establish such compliance in accordance with the requirements specified in ANSI/ASSE Z359.7.
1.2.6 The requirements of this standard supersede those previously established under Z359.1 -2007.
1.3 Exceptions. This standard does not apply to:
1.3.1 Equipment davit arms; anchorage connectors that are custom engineered for site-specific applications for fall protection; or to anchorage connectors that are custom engineered for suspended component/tie-back line applications only.
1.3.2 Anchorage connectors that require the user to simultaneously connect their fall arrest system (using a snaphook or carabiner) to two connection points at once, to secure the anchorage connector around the anchorage.
1.3.3 Horizontal Lifelines and Rigid Rails.
1.4 Interpretations. Requests for interpretations of ANSI ASSP Z359.18 shall be in writing and addressed to the Secretariat of this standard.
2. DEFINITIONS AND TYPES
2.1 Definitions. Refer to ANSI/ASSE Z359.O, Detinitions and Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection and Fall Arrest, for definitions of terms used in ANSI ASSP Z359.18.
2.2 Types. Anchorage connectors shall be one or more types as follows.ANSI ASSP Z359.18 pdf download.