PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTS (PPE)
3rd category PPE are personal protective equipments designed to protect the operator from risk of death or serious and permanent injury; according to the Legislative Decree no. 81/08 art. 77 paragraph 5, a training is essential to use these devices.
PPE consist of harnesses for work at heights with front and back attacks, protective helmets with chin strap, safety devices such as connectors, retracting devices, lanyards with energy absorbers and fall arrest devices for anchoring on soft or rigid lines.
Choosing the correct device to use is the culmination of any risk assessment and techniques analysis, so for each activity there is the right PPE.
Products for ascents or descents, they have to be coupled with a proper harness and any anchor points.
Range transport bags and other items designed to facilitate the work of the operators in height.
Connectors are used to connect the different components of a fall arrest system.
Fall arrest lanyards connect the operator harness to the fall arrest device or the anchor point.
They are required in almost all work environments subject to possible falling objects from heights or where there are risks of falls from heights.
Somain Italia supplies professional harnesses with straps in different colour to ease dressing and adjustments to easily adapt to the body.
Zaini contenenti l’attrezzatura per collegarsi ad un sistema anticaduta e lavorare in sicurezza.
Using the recovery and rescue devices, authorized personnel is able to lower to the ground or to reach an operator following a fall.
Retractable system connect the operator to the fall arrest system, allowing more space for movement with respect to the lanyards.
To ensure a safe anchorage for operators equipped with the appropriate PPE or where it is not possible to install permanent anchoring devices.