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Competent Person Equipment Inspection lock the fall arrester on the lifeline. The fall arrester’s downward motion should be quickly arrested,
with the rope seated into the sheave and the cam pinched against the rope and roller to the lower side
of the fall arrester. To reset the fall arrester after this check, push the cam to a central position again
and slide the fall arrester up and down until it rides along the lifeline again.
To inspect the lifeline, examine short incremental sections of line while rotating the line to make
sure you inspect it thoroughly. Inspect for cut, frayed, burnt, melted and worn or abraded fibers.
Also inspect it for signs of exposure to chemical attack or aging. Chemical attack will be evidenced
by brittle fibers or localized areas of stiff, bonded fibers. Extreme fading and general stiffness are
signs of weakness due to aging.
Pay particular attention to the area around the formed eye at the top of the life-line. Inspect the
lifeline for signs of abrasion or cutting around the metal thimble. The thimble at the formed eye
should be securely captured and should not flex at all where it adjoins the ferrule. The two labels at
the other end of the swaged ferrule should be legible and intact.
REVISED June 2007
Section C: Policy 3.0 / Page 24 of 34