Harness and Lanyard Inspection Criteria

Pre-inspection Checks :

• Overview of information supplied by the manufacturer
• Manufacturer's labels are intact/legible
• Products are within the manufacturer’s recommended lifespan

General Checking Of Textile Components:

Visual Checks:

• Excessive wear
• Abrasion
• Cuts, particularly to load-bearing parts
• Dirty webbing or rope
• Cut, broken or abraded stitching

Visual and tactile checks:

• Damage by chemicals
• Chemical contamination
• Damage by heat

Harness-Specific Checks (in addition to above)

Visual and tactile checks:

• Internal and external inspection of attachment point loops

Attachment points, fastening and adjustment buckles for:

• Correct assembly
• Correct functioning
• Excessive wear
• Corrosion
• Cracks
• Other damage
• Correct functioning

Lanyard And Energy-Absorber Checks (in addition to above)

Visual and tactile checks:

• Inside and outside attachment point loops
• No knots
• No wholly or partially deployed energy absorbers
• Karabiners etc inspected as per attachment points above

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