What is BS EN 354-Requirements and test methods for lanyards about?
BS EN 354 is a European standard on personal fall protection equipment that discusses the requirements and test methods for lanyards to ensure protection to workers against falls from a height.
BS EN 354 specifies the requirements, test methods, marking, information supplied by the manufacturer and packaging for lanyards.
Lanyards conforming to BS EN 354 are used as connecting elements or components in personal fall protection systems (i.e., restraint systems, work positioning systems, rope access systems, fall arrest systems and rescue systems).
Who is BS EN 354-Requirements and test methods for lanyards for?
BS EN 354 on the requirements and test methods for lanyards is useful for:
- Lanyards manufacturers
- Lanyards designers
- Lanyards test personnel
- Occupational health and safety departments
- Risk assessment authorities
- Quality assurance departments
Why should you use BS EN 354-Requirements and test methods for lanyards?
A lanyard is a flexible connecting element or component of a personal fall protection system with at least two terminations, with or without a length adjustment device.
BS EN 354 provides you with guidance on requirements, design and ergonomics, slippage for lanyards with length adjustment device, static strength, marking and information, test methods, examination of the design, material and terminations, apparatus, test procedures, etc.
The requirements and test methods provided by BS EN 354 assist you in improving the performance, quality and strength of the lanyards and ensuring to prevent falls by prohibiting the wearer from reaching a hazardous position where a fall might occur.
With obedience and compliance to BS EN 354, you can enhance lanyards’ effectiveness and efficacy and manufacture a standardized high-quality product.
What is changed since the last update?
BS EN 354:2010 supersedes EN 354:2002, which is withdrawn. BS EN 354:2010 has made some technical changes compared to the previous editions EN 354:2002. These include:
- The scope has been modified. Normative references have been added
- The definitions of “lanyard,” "lanyard length", “termination” and “connector” have been changed. Definitions for "personal fall protection system" and "length adjustment device" have been incorporated
- Test methods have been re-structured, and several new sub-clauses have been incorporated
