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• Used by competent people trained in height work. All users must be in good physical and mental
condition and have no medical contraindications to working at heights.
• Inspected annually by a competent person familiar with the requirements in effect in order to verify
its state and conformity. Check the legibility of the markings.
• Inspected by a competent user trained in working at heights before each use. Also verify the adjusting
and fixing components during use.
• Inspected during each annual check. If it does not pass the annual check, it must be repaired (the
defective parts must be replaced by genuine manufacturer parts and by respecting the assembly
instructions in Chapter 9.2 Spare parts). If it cannot be repaired, discard it.
• After a fall, it must immediately be pulled from active use and must be inspected by a competent
person. Reuse of the equipment shall be authorised only after written authorisation by the inspector.
• Used on a structure having a minimum resistance of 15 kN.
• Replace it immediately if there are any doubts about the equipment's safety.
• Reserved exclusively for use by one individual. When changing users, it must be inspected by a
competent person familiar with the requirements in effect in order to verify its state and conformity.
• Markings on each component must be legible. Any illegible marking must be replaced.
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4.2 - PRECAUTIONS
• For all users' safety, if the product is resold outside of the original country of destination, the reseller must
provide these instructions and the annual inspection form written in the language of the country destined to
use this product.
• NEVER destroy these instructions; keep them and make them available to any user of the AZUR lanyard.
• NEVER use the AZUR lanyard if any one of the conditions mentioned in the Information chapter is lacking or
causes doubt.
• NEVER use an AZUR lanyard if the cover or the wire rope are damaged, cut, deformed or worn.
• NEVER modify or transform the AZUR lanyard.
• NEVER use the AZUR lanyard if the anchor or support is defective and/or doubtful or if it risks deteriorating the
AZUR lanyard (sharp or abrasive edges, etc.).
• NEVER combine with standard elements whose operation would interfere with and compromise the safety of the
AZUR lanyard, or vice-versa.
• NEVER use the AZUR lanyard when the user is alone or outside of the view of a competent person trained in
rescue at heights.
• NEVER use the AZUR lanyard for any other work than that recommended by the manufacturer.
NEVER
• use a work-positioning lanyard for fall-arrest and if there is a risk of fall, it must be used with a
fall-arrest system.
• The AZUR lanyard DOES NOT GUARANTEE
• This lanyard should not be used
prohibited).
• This PPE has been certified as a set (steel-core lanyard + mechanical adjuster, see page 16). The replacement
parts should only be used as a replacement for the worn out or inoperative components of this set.
• The replacement lanyard used alone (FTC/LA-SRX or FTC/LAT-SRX, with x=length) is not conform to EN358:2018.
It must be used with the mechanical adjuster FTC/LA-RB. The same way, the mechanical adjuster FTC/LA-RB
is not conform to the EN 358:2018 standard if used without the lanyard.
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a full protection against cuts when using a chainsaw or a hand saw.
without the mechanical adjuster (use with no adjustment possibility is