Anchorage Connectors

1 Scope

1.1

This Standard specifies performance, design, testing, marking, classification, and other requirements related to anchorage connectors in travel restraint, fall arrest, work positioning, and suspended component/tie-back line systems.

1.2

The requirements of this Standard include (where applicable) anchorage connectors attached to an anchorage. Methods of verifying the actual strength of anchorages in the field are not included.

Note: See CSA Z259.16 for anchorage design and construction requirements.

1.3

This Standard does not differentiate between temporary, portable, and permanent anchorage connectors.

1.4

With the exception of multi-legged frames (e.g., tripods) and personnel davit arms, this Standard does not apply to ballasted, friction, counterweight, or vacuum anchorage connectors that rest on but are not fastened to an anchorage.

Note: See CSA Z259.16 for requirements for some of these types of anchorage connectors.

1.5

This Standard does not apply to

(a) equipment davit arms;

(b) anchorage connectors that are custom engineered for limited or site-specific applications for fall protection; or

(c) anchorage connectors that are custom engineered for suspended component/tie-back line

applications only.

Note: See CSA Z259.16 and CAN/CSA-Z271 for requirements for such anchorage connectors.