GB 23468-2025Selection, use and maintenance of fall protection equipments (English PDF)

3 Terms and definitions

4 Selection of the fall protection equipment

5 Use of the fall protection equipment

6 Maintenance of the fall protection equipment

Foreword

This document has been drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2020 "Directives for standardization - Part 1: Rules for the structure and drafting of standardizing documents".

This document replaces GB/T 23468-2009 "Specification for the safe use of fall protection equipment". Compared with GB/T 23468-2009, apart from structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows:

- part of the scope has been changed (see Clause 1; Clause 1 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the terms and definitions has been changed (see Clause 3; Clause 3 of the 2009 edition);

- the definitions of the terms "safety belt", "harness", "lanyard", "anchor device", "anchor point", "extended length", "clearance" and "safety net" have been changed (see 3.1, 3.5 to 3.9, 3.13 and 3.14; 3.1 and 3.5 to 3.11 of the 2009 edition);

- the names and definitions of the terms "safety belt for work positioning", "safety belt for restraint" and "safety belt for fall arrest" have been changed (see 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4; 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 of the 2009 edition);

- three terms, "free fall", "restricted fall" and "free fall distance", and their definitions have been added (see 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12);

- the terms "horizontal [safety] net", "vertical [safety] net", "dense-mesh [vertical safety] net", "grade A dense-mesh [vertical safety] net", "grade B dense-mesh [vertical safety] net" and "installation plane" and their definitions have been deleted (see 3.12 to 3.17 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the selection of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 4.1.1, 4.1.4 and 4.1.8; 4.3, 5.1.1, 5.1.3, B.1 and B.8 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the selection of fall protection equipment has been added (see 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.5 to 4.1.7, 4.1.9 and 4.1.10);

- a flow chart for providing fall protection equipment has been added (see Figure 1 in 4.1);

- part of the "principles of fall hazard identification and risk assessment" in fall hazard identification and risk assessment has been changed (see 4.2.1.1 to 4.2.1.3 and 4.2.1.5; B.1, B.2 and B.4 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "methods of fall hazard identification and risk assessment" in fall hazard identification and risk assessment has been changed [see 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 b) to e); B.6 and B.7.1 to B.7.4 of the 2009 edition];

- part of the "methods of fall hazard identification and risk assessment" in fall hazard identification and risk assessment has been added [see 4.2.2.2 a), f) and g)];

- part of the "identification of the clearance" in fall hazard identification and risk assessment has been changed (see 4.2.3; 5.2.1 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "identification of the clearance" in fall hazard identification and risk assessment has been added [see 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.2, 4.2.3.3 a) to d) and f) to h), 4.2.3.4 and 4.2.3.5];

- content on the "identification of and requirements for the free fall distance" in fall hazard identification and risk assessment has been added (see 4.2.4);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the selection of safety belts has been changed (see 4.3.1.1 to 4.3.1.8; 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 5.2.1.1 to 5.2.1.6 and 5.2.1.9 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.1.9);

- a schematic diagram of the components of a typical safety belt has been added (see Figure 7 in 4.3.1);

- content on the "selection of the harness" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.2);

- part of the "selection of the lanyard" in the selection of safety belts has been changed (see 4.3.3.2 and 4.3.3.5; 5.2.1.8 and 5.2.2.7 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "selection of the lanyard" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.3.1, 4.3.3.3, 4.3.3.4, 4.3.3.6 and 4.3.3.7);

- content on the "selection of energy absorbers" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.4);

- content on the "selection of self-locking devices and self-retracting devices" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.5);

- content on the "selection of connectors" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.6);

- content on the "selection of anchor devices" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.7);

- content on the "selection of seat-board single-person suspended devices" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.8);

- content on the "selection of descent devices" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.9);

- content on the "selection of powered ascending and descending fall arrest devices" in the selection of safety belts has been added (see 4.3.10);

- part of the "selection of safety nets" in the selection of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 4.4.2 and 4.4.3; 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "selection of safety nets" in the selection of fall protection equipment has been added (see 4.4.4);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the use of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 5.1.2 and 5.1.4; 8.1 and 8.2 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the use of fall protection equipment has been added (see 5.1.1, 5.1.3, 5.1.5 and 5.1.6);

- the content on "training before use" in the use of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 5.2; 5.1.2, A.1 to A.4, A.6 and A.7 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the use of safety belts has been changed (see 5.3.1.1 and 5.3.1.3; 5.2.2.1 and 5.2.2.8 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.1.2 and 5.3.1.5);

- content on the "use of the harness" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.2);

- part of the "use of the lanyard" in the use of safety belts has been changed (see 5.3.3.1; 5.2.2.7 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "use of the lanyard" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.3.2 to 5.3.3.4);

- part of the "use of safety belts" in the use of fall protection equipment has been deleted (see 5.2.2.4 and 5.2.2.6 of the 2009 edition);

- content on the "use of energy absorbers" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.4);

- content on the "use of self-locking devices" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.5);

- content on the "use of self-retracting devices" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.6);

- part of the "use of connectors" in the use of safety belts has been changed (see 5.3.7.1; 5.2.2.10 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "use of connectors" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.7.2 to 5.3.7.4);

- part of the "use of anchor devices" in the use of safety belts has been changed (see 5.3.8.1 and 5.3.8.3; 5.2.2.2, 5.2.2.3 and 5.2.2.5 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "use of anchor devices" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.8.2 and 5.3.8.4 to 5.3.8.7);

- content on the "use of seat-board single-person suspended devices" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.9);

- content on the "use of descent devices" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.10);

- content on the "use of powered ascending and descending fall arrest devices" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.11);

- content on the "use of pole-climbing spurs" in the use of safety belts has been added (see 5.3.12);

- part of the "use of safety nets" in the use of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.7 to 5.4.13, 5.4.15 and 5.4.17; 5.3.1.1, 5.3.1.2, 5.3.1.4, 5.3.1.5, 5.3.1.7 to 5.3.1.11, 5.3.2.1, 5.3.2.2, 5.3.2.4 and 5.3.2.6 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the maintenance of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 6.1.9; 6.7 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "basic requirements" in the maintenance of fall protection equipment has been added (see 6.1.1 to 6.1.8);

- part of the "maintenance of safety belts" in the maintenance of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 6.2.8; 5.2.3.1 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "maintenance of safety belts" in the maintenance of fall protection equipment has been added (see 6.2.1 to 6.2.7 and 6.2.9 to 6.2.12);

- part of the "safekeeping and storage of safety belts" under safety belts has been deleted (see 5.2.3.2 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "maintenance of safety nets" in the maintenance of fall protection equipment has been changed (see 6.3.2 and 6.3.4; 5.3.3.2, 6.4 and 6.5 of the 2009 edition);

- part of the "maintenance of safety nets" in the maintenance of fall protection equipment has been added (see 6.3.1);

- part of the content of "service life" has been deleted (see 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.6 of the 2009 edition);

- the content of "periodic inspection requirements" has been deleted (see Clause 7 of the 2009 edition);

- the table of examples for the selection of protective measures for work at height has been deleted (see Table B.1 of the 2009 edition).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The issuing body of this document shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document was proposed by and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China.

The previous editions of this document and of the document it replaces are as follows:

- first published in 2009 as GB/T 23468-2009;

- this is the first revision.