Work carried out at a height can be pose the health and safety of workers at a particularly high risk. In fact, this represents the main cause of accidents and/or death at work. This ill-fated event mainly occurs due to the lack, incorrect mounting or dismounting of some parts of the collective protective equipment or failure to use the personal protective equipment such as safety belts or harnesses.
The EN 353-2 standard specifies the requirements, test methods, marking, information supplied by the manufacturer and packaging for guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor line that can be secured to an above anchoring point.