In December our tip series completes one year, and for this reason today we will look back at the 5 most accessed tips on our website during this period. It is worth checking them out again!
01 – Hércules Interactive Ad – Impact Indicator
Always thinking ahead, Hércules, in partnership with the largest preventive market magazines, CIPA and Proteção, launched in January 2015 the first multimedia ad aimed at the Occupational Safety and Security sector.
The action had as a highlight the line of Hércules Harnesses with Impact Indicator. Through the ad all readers will be able to watch, directly in the magazine, a demonstration of our Impact Indicator device. Amazing! Check out the full article by clicking here.
02 – Can I use a harness from one brand and lanyard from another?
According to NR 06, item 6.1.1, it is considered combined individual protection equipment all equipment composed by several devices, which are associated by the manufacturer against one or more risks that may occur simultaneously, and that is likely to threaten the safety and health at work..
The safety harness and the fall arrest equipment (lanyard and fall arrest device) used to protect the user are considered combined PPE, since there is no possibility of using only one of the devices and ensure protection against falls.
03 – Use of equipment with expired CA
Did you know that after the expiration of the CA, when it is not renewed, the use of PPE is still allowed?
As manufacturers of protective equipment, we can only manufacture and sell equipment with an Approval Certificate issued by the MTE and within the expiration date. For products certified under SINMETRO, the validity of the CA depends on INMETRO Certification. Check the full story by clicking here.
04 – Is there a harness for people weighing over 100 kg?
For a person weighing over 100 kg to be able to perform an activity at height, a risk analysis must be performed, taking into account which will be his/her drop displacement, i.e., where is his/her anchorage point located. Whenever we have a fall factor < 1 (anchorage point above the head) your drop displacement is considered safe, not generating an impact force on the body capable of causing injury. Check out the full article by clicking here.05 - What has changed in the CA for fall arrest devices?After the publication of SIT Ordinance No. 292 of 08/12/2011, which amended item I of Annex I of NR 6, so as to consider as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) against falls with level difference only the Safety Harness with a Fall Arrest Device and/or with lanyard, the "Fall Arrest Device" was no longer considered as PPE, for purposes of obtaining the Approval Certificate (CA). That is, as of this new ruling, the Fall Arrest Devices no longer can get a CA. Check out the full article by clicking here.