WSH Guidelines on WAH Personnel Protective Equipment and ...
WSH Guidelines on WAH Personnel Protective Equipment and ...
WSH Guidelines on WAH Personnel Protective Equipment and ...
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Self-Retracting Lifelines (SRL)A Great Workforce A Great Workplace• A Self-Retracting Lifeline ( or “Yo-yo”) involves the use of a spring-loaded reel to reel in anyexcess length of lifeline, ensuring a shortest possible length of lifeline between the user <strong>and</strong> thereel.• In the event of a fall, the retractable lifeline is rapidly pulled out <strong>on</strong> the reel a brakingmechanism is engaged to halt the fall of the user.Dangers using SRL in the horiz<strong>on</strong>tal planeSRLBreaking forces for SRL with webbing-based<strong>and</strong> fibre-rope-based lifelines are both 15kN;<strong>and</strong> wire-rope- based lifeline is 12kN© 2012 Government of Singapore 33
Change language