ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 22846-2 First edition 2012-03-01 Personal equipment for protection against falls Rope access systems Part 2: Code of practice Equipement individuel de protection contre les chutesSystemes d'acces par corde Partie 2: Code d'application Reference number ISO 22846-2:2012(E) LSO @ ISO 2012 IHS under itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO22846-2:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 -All rights reserved No reproductic etworking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 22846-2:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction vi 1 Scope. 2 Terms and definitions. 3 General 4 4 Management . 5 4.1 Underlying principles.. 5 4.2 Management systems ... 5 4.3 Planning.... 6 4.4 Hazard identification and risk assessment 6 4.5 Hazards specific to a rope access method or work task 4.6 Method statements ... 8 4.7 Operating process... 8 4.8 Worksite classification... 8 4.9 Supervision... 9 4.10 Levelsofropeaccessoperativeskills 9 4.11 Use of tools and equipment 4.12 Practices.. 10 4.13 Communications 10 4.14 Pre-work checking and checks at the start of each day. 11 4.15 End ofashift.. 11 4.16 Termination of a job... 4.17 Record keepingand review 11 4.18 Document availability. 12 5 Personnel. 12 5.1 Selection 12 5.2 Competence. 14 5.3 Training and assessment 14 5.4 Experience 14 5.5 5.6 Rope access team size. 16 6 Equipment 17 6.1 17 6.2 Limits of equipment use and compatibility. 17 6.3 Standards and legal requirements . 17 6.4 Specificcriteriafortheselectionofropeaccessequipment 17 6.5 Equipment marking and traceability .... 22 6.6 Records of equipment usage. .23 6.7 Inspection. 23 6.8 Care and cleaning 24 6.9 Maintenance. 24 6.10 Storage 25 6.11 Retiring equipment . 25 6.12 Records. 25 7 Working methods .25 7.1 General. 25 7.2 Safety. .26 7.3 Accesssystem 26 7.4 Back-up system. 27 7.5 Specific techniques commonly used in rope access (non-exhaustive) 27 7.6 Rigging and rope management . .27 7.7 Rigging considerations ... .27 ili ense with ISt Not for Resale