Falltech Confined Space Pole Hoist Operator's manual

Conned Space Pole Hoist
User Instrucon Manual
This manual is intended to meet the Manufacturer’s Instrucons as required by the American Naonal Standards
Instute (ANSI) Z359 and Canadian Standards Associaon (CSA) Z259 and should be used as part of an employee
training program as required by the Occupaonal Safety and Health Administraon (OSHA).
MCS41 Rev A 0118191306 S. Alameda Street Compton, CA 90221, USA Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Table of Contents
1.0 Warnings and Important Informaon ..................................................................................
2.0 Descripon ..........................................................................................................................
3.0 Applicaon ...........................................................................................................................
4.0 System Requirements ..........................................................................................................
5.0 Installaon and Use .............................................................................................................
6.0 Maintenance, Service, and Storage .....................................................................................
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7.0 Inspecon ............................................................................................................................
8.0 Labels ...................................................................................................................................
9.0 Denions ...........................................................................................................................
Appendix A .........................................................................................................................
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For the purposes of this manual, the FallTech Conned Space Pole Hoist may be referred to as the Conned Space Pole Hoist, Pole Hoist, product, or
the system.
Throughout this manual, ANSI Z359.0-2012 fall protecon words, phases, and terms are used. These terms are all formally dened in Secon 9.0 of
this manual.

1.0 Warnings and Important Informaon
This product is part of a personal fall arrest, restraint, work posioning, suspension, or rescue system. A Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) is
typically composed of an anchorage and a Full Body Harness (FBH), with a connecng device, i.e., a Shock Absorbing Lanyard (SAL), or a
Self-Retracng Device (SRD), aached to the dorsal D-ring of the FBH.
These instrucons must be provided to the worker using this equipment. The worker must read and understand the manufacturer’s instrucons for
each component or part of the complete system. Manufacturer’s instrucons must be followed for proper use, care, and maintenance of this
product. These instrucons must be retained and be kept available for the worker’s reference at all mes. Alteraons or misuse of this product, or
failure to follow instrucons, may result in serious injury or death.
A Fall Protecon Plan must be on le and available for review by all workers. It is the responsibility of the worker and the purchaser of this
equipment to assure that users of this equipment are properly trained in its use, maintenance, and storage. Training must be repeated at regular
intervals. Training must not subject the trainee to fall hazards.
Consult a doctor if there is reason to doubt your tness to safely absorb the shock of a fall event. Age and tness seriously aect a worker’s ability
to withstand falls. Pregnant women or minors must not use this equipment.
ANSI limits the weight of fall protecon equipment users to a maximum of 310 lbs. Products in this manual may have a rated capacity exceeding
ANSI capacity limits. Heavy users experience more risk of serious injury or death due to falls because of increased fall arrest forces placed on the
user’s body. In addion, the onset of suspension trauma aer a fall event may be accelerated for heavy users.
The user of the equipment discussed in this manual must read and understand the enre manual before beginning work.
NOTE: For more informaon, consult the ANSI Z359 body of standards.
• Avoid moving machinery, thermal, electrical, and/or chemical hazards as contact may cause serious injury or death.
• Avoid swing falls.
• Follow the weight restricons and recommendaons in this manual.
• Remove from service any equipment subjected to fall arrest forces.
• Remove from service any equipment that fails inspecon.
• Do not alter or intenonally misuse this equipment.
• Consult FallTech when using this equipment in combinaon with components or subsystems other than those described in this manual.
• Do not connect rebar hooks, large carabiners, or large snap hooks to the FBH dorsal D-rings as this may cause a roll-out condion and/or
unintenonal disengagement.
• Avoid sharp and/or abrasive surfaces and edges.
• Use cauon when performing arc welding. Arc ash from arc welding operaons, including accidental arcs from electrical equipment, can
damage equipment and are potenally fatal.
• Examine the work area. Be aware of the surroundings and workplace hazards that may impact safety, security, and the funconing of fall arrest
systems and components.
• Hazards may include but not be limited to cable or debris tripping hazards, equipment failures, personnel mistakes, moving equipment such as
carts, barrows, fork lis, cranes, or dollies. Do not allow materials, tools or equipment in transit to contact any part of the fall arrest system.
• Do not work under suspended loads.
WARNING
IMPORTANT
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3.0 System Requirements
2.1 Descripon: The FallTech Conned Space Pole Hoist, see Figure 1, is designed for use with a suitable anchor point above or beside a
conned space entry point, see Figure 2.
2.0 Applicaon
2.2 Purpose: The FallTech Conned Space Pole Hoist is designed to work as part of a system to raise or lower a person or material to
work in a conned space for entry, retrieval, fall arrest applicaons, and material handling using a winch or Self Retracng
Lifeline - Retrieval (SRL-R). The Pole Hoist is used along with an overhead anchor point for conned space openings such as manholes,
sewer openings, and tank hatches.
2.3 Applicaon Limits: An anchorage selected for PFAS must have a strength able to sustain a stac load applied in the direcon
permied by the PFAS of at least:
a) Two mes the maximum arrest force permied when cercaon exists, or
b) 5,000 lbs. (22.2 kN) in the absence of cercaon.
2.4 System Capacity: The maximum capacity of the FallTech Conned Space Pole Hoist is one worker for conned space entry and
egress, with the worker weighing no more than 310lbs (140kg) including clothing, tools, etc. The maximum capacity of the Conned
Space Pole Hoist for material handling is 310lbs.
3.1 Compability of Connectors: Connectors are considered to be compable with connecng elements when they have been designed
to work together in such a way that their sizes and shapes do not cause their gate mechanisms to inadvertently open regardless of how
they become oriented. Contact FallTech if you have any quesons about compability. Connectors must be compable with
the anchorage or other system components. Do not use equipment that is not compable. Non-compable connectors may
unintenonally disengage, see Figure 3. Connectors must be compable in size, shape, and strength. Self-closing, self-locking snap hooks
and carabiners are specied by OSHA and ANSI Z359.12.
3.2 Compability of Components: Equipment is designed for use with approved components and subsystems only. Substuons or
replacements made with non-ANSI Z359 compliant components or subsystems may jeopardize compability of equipment and may
aect the safety and reliability of the complete system. Ensure compability between the connectors if non-FallTech components are used
for fall protecon.
3.3 Connectors: Only use self-locking snap hooks, rebar hooks, and carabiners with this equipment. Only use connectors that are suitable
to each applicaon. Ensure all connecons are compable in size, shape, and strength. Do not use equipment that is not compable.
Visually ensure all connectors close and lock completely. Connectors (snap hooks, rebar hooks, and carabiners) are designed for use only
as specied in this manual.
Figure 2 - Conned Space Pole Hoist
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Figure 1 - About
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1Head Assembly
2Center Guide Pulley/Arm
Length Adjustment
3Device Mount/Leg Angle
Adjustment
4Leg Height Adjustment
5Foot Locking Pin

4.0 Installaon and Use
Figure 3 - Non-Compable Connecons
4.1 Setup
4.1.1 Before seng up the FallTech Conned Space Pole Hoist, perform the Pre-Use Inspecon as outlined in Secon 6.
4.1.2 Remove the detent pin from the foot assembly, see Figure 4. Rotate the foot 90 degrees, place the detent pin to lock it in posion,
see Figure 5.
4.1.3 Remove the detent pin from the leg assembly, see Figure 6. Rotate the leg to a vercal angle, place the detent pin to lock it in
posion, see Figure 7.
Figure 6 - Removing Leg Detent Pin
Figure 4 - Removing Foot Detent Pin Figure 5 - Foot Rotaon
Figure 7 - Leg Posioning
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Top Arm Lengths
MIN MAX
55.5” 81.5”
Lower Leg Lengths
MIN MAX
33.5” 51.5”
Top Arm to Lower Leg Angles
MIN MID MAX
0o45o90o
4.1.4 Remove the Top Arm detent pin to adjust the length of
the arm. Based on which detent pin hole is used, there is a 6”
adjustment in which the arm can be lengthened.
4.1.5 Remove the Lower Leg detent pin to adjust the Lower Leg
length.
4.1.6 Remove the detent pin to adjust the angle of the Top Arm
to the Lower Leg, see Figure 8. The arm can be adjusted to
three dierent angles: 0, 45, and 90 degrees.
4.2 Device Installaon
4.2.1 To aach a winch or SRL-R to the Device Receiver Bracket,
place the notch in the device side bracket over the boom bar
of the bracket as shown in Figure 9 and 10. Rotate to align the
upper holes on the bracket, see Figure 11 and insert the
provided detent pin, see Figure 12.
Figure 8 - Length and Angle Adjustment
Figure 9 - Aaching Device Figure 10 - Aaching Device
Figure 11 - Aaching Device Figure 12 - Device Aached
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4.3 Cable Roung
4.3.1 Install the Winch or SRL-R as described in Secon 4.2. Pay out approximately 6 . of cable. Maintain tension on the cable and place
the cable into the slot and under the Center Guide Pulley (1). Rotate the Head Assembly (2) to align the slots and place the cable over the
Head Pulley (3). Remove and reinstall the detent pin to capture the cable between the detent pin and pulley, see Figure 13.
Figure 13 - Cable Roung
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4.4 Anchor Point Installaon
4.4.1 Connect the U-Shaped Hanger Bracket to an anchor point, see Secon 2.3, with cered hardware, such as a properly rated
carabiner, see Figure 14. Adjust the Lower Leg in a vercal posion to support the weight of the Pole Hoist and Winch/SRL-R assembly.
Figure 14 - Anchor Point Installaon
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6.0 Inspecon
Inspecon Record
Model #:_________________________ Serial #:_________________________ Date of Manufacture:_________________________
INSPECTION
DATE INSPECTOR COMMENTS PASS/FAIL CORRECTIVE ACTION NEEDED APPROVED BY
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6.1 Pre-Use Inspecon
6.1.1 Inspect the addional equipment used on the Pole Hoist per the user instrucon manual for the specic equipment. Do
not use if the equipment fails inspecon.
6.1.2 Inspect the Pole Hoist thoroughly for damage, including but not limited to checking the structure for dents, weld
integrity, cracks, deformed or bent tubing.
6.1.3 Inspect all hardware for damage, wear, or missing parts. Ensure all labels are present and legible.
Do not use the FallTech Conned Space Pole Hoist or addional equipment if any component fails any part of this inspecon.
6.2 Inspecon Frequency:
Pre-Use: Inspect the Conned Space Pole Hoist and addional equipment before each use as outlined in Secon 6.1.
Annually: The Conned Space Pole Hoist and addional equipment must be inspected by a Competent Person annually and recorded on
the Inspecon Record provided or equivalent document.
5.0 Maintenance, Service and Storage
Maintenance: No scheduled maintenance is required, other than the replacement of items that have failed inspecon.
Service: There are no specic service requirements for this system.
Storage: If the unit is removed from its installaon locaon, it should be stored in a dry area free of corrosive elements that may harm
or cause the product not to funcon.

8.0 Labels
8.1 The labels must be present and legible.
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412-01652
REVISIONS
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DESCRIPTION
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THE INFORMATION EMBODIED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND ARE SUPPLIED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES
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Poly Carbonate Coated Vinyl
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A) INITIAL SERVICE YEAR B) DAY OF PASSED INSPECTION UNDER MONTH
Units should be inspected thoroughly every six months.
If unit fails inspection remove it from service immediately.
See user instruction manual for inspection guidelines.
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9.0 Denions
The following are general denions of fall protecon terms as dened by ANSI Z359.0-2012.
Anchorage -A secure connecng point or a terminang component of a fall protecon system or rescue system capable of safely supporng the
impact forces applied by a fall protecon system or anchorage subsystem.
Anchorage Connector - A component or subsystem that funcons as an interface between the anchorage and a fall protecon, work posioning,
rope access or rescue system for the purpose of coupling the system to the anchorage.
Arrest Distance - The total vercal distance required to arrest a fall. The arrest distance includes the deceleraon distance and acvaon distance.
Authorized Person – A person assigned by the employer to perform dues at a locaon where the person will be exposed to a fall hazard.
Available Clearance - The distance from a reference point, such as the working plaorm, to the nearest obstrucon that an authorized person might
contact during a fall which, if struck, could cause injury.
Capacity - The maximum weight that a component, system or subsystem is designed to hold.
Cercaon - The act of aesng in wring that the criteria established by these standards or some other designated standard have been met.
Cered Anchorage - An anchorage for fall arrest, posioning, restraint or rescue systems that a qualied person ceres to be capable of support-
ing the potenal fall forces that could be encountered during a fall.
Clearance - The distance from a specied reference point, such as the working plaorm or anchorage of a fall arrest system, to the lower level that a
worker might encounter during a fall.
Clearance Requirement - The distance below an authorized person that must remain clear of obstrucons in order to ensure that the authorized
person does not make contact with any objects that would cause injury in the event of a fall.
Competent Person - An individual designated by the employer to be responsible for the immediate supervision, implementaon and monitoring of
the employer’s managed fall protecon program who, through training and knowledge, is capable of idenfying, evaluang and addressing exisng
and potenal fall hazards, and who has the employer’s authority to take prompt correcve acon with regard to such hazards.
Component - An element or integral assembly of interconnected elements intended to perform one funcon in the system.
Connecng Subsystem - An assembly, including the necessary connectors, comprised of all components, subsystems, or both, between the anchor-
age or anchorage connector and the harness aachment point.
Connector - A component or element that is used to couple parts of the system together.
Deceleraon Distance - The vercal distance between the user’s fall arrest aachment at the onset of fall arrest forces during a fall, and aer the
fall arrest aachment comes to a complete stop.
Energy (Shock) Absorber - A component whose primary funcon is to dissipate energy and limit deceleraon forces which the system imposes on
the body during fall arrest.
Fall Arrest - The acon or event of stopping a free fall or the instant where the downward free fall has been stopped.
Fall Hazard - Any locaon where a person is exposed to a potenal free fall.
Free Fall -The act of falling before a fall protecon system begins to apply forces to arrest the fall.
Free Fall Distance - The vercal distance traveled during a fall, measured from the onset of a fall from a walking working surface to the point at
which the fall protecon system begins to arrest the fall.
Harness, Full Body - A body support designed to contain the torso and distribute the fall arrest forces over at least the upper thighs, pelvis, chest
and shoulders.
Horizontal Lifeline – A component of a horizontal lifeline subsystem, consisng of a exible line with connectors or other coupling means at both
ends for securing it horizontally between two anchorages or anchorage connectors.
Horizontal Lifeline Subsystem – An assembly, including the necessary connectors, comprised of a horizontal lifeline component and, oponally, of:
a) An energy absorbing component or, b) A lifeline tensioner component, or both. This subsystem is normally aached at each end to an anchorage
or anchorage connector. The end anchorages have the same elevaon.
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Horizontal Lifeline – A component of a horizontal lifeline subsystem, consisng of a exible line with connectors or other coupling means at both
ends for securing it horizontally between two anchorages or anchorage connectors.
Horizontal Lifeline Subsystem – An assembly, including the necessary connectors, comprised of a horizontal lifeline component and, oponally, of:
a) An energy absorbing component or, b) A lifeline tensioner component, or both. This subsystem is normally aached at each end to an anchorage
or anchorage connector. The end anchorages have the same elevaon.
Lanyard - A component consisng of a exible rope, wire rope or strap, which typically has a connector at each end for connecng to the body
support and to a fall arrester, energy absorber, anchorage connector or anchorage.
Lanyard Connecng Subsystem - An assembly, including the necessary connectors, comprised of a lanyard only, or a lanyard and energy absorber.
Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) - An assembly of components and subsystems used to arrest a person in a free fall.
Posioning - The act of supporng the body with a posioning system for the purpose of working with hands free.
Posioning Lanyard - A lanyard used to transfer forces from a body support to an anchorage or anchorage connector in a posioning system.
Qualied Person - A person with a recognized degree or professional cercate and with extensive knowledge, training and experience in the fall
protecon and rescue eld who is capable of designing, analyzing, evaluang and specifying fall protecon and rescue systems.
Self-Retracng Device (SRD) - A device that contains a drum wound line that automacally locks at the onset of a fall to arrest the user, but that
pays out from and automacally retracts onto the drum during normal movement of the person to whom the line is aached.
Snaphook - A connector comprised of a hook-shaped body with a normally closed gate or similar arrangement that may be opened to permit the
hook to receive an object and, when released, automacally closes to retain the object.
Swing Fall - A pendulum-like moon that occurs during and/or aer a vercal fall. A swing fall results when an authorized person begins a fall from a
posion that is located horizontally away from a xed anchorage.
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The following are general denions of fall protecon terms as dened by OSHA 1910.146.
Conned Space - OSHA denes a Conned Space as:
• Is large enough for an employee to enter fully and perform assigned work;
• Is not designed for connuous occupancy by the employee; and
• Has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit.
These spaces may include underground vaults, tanks, storage bins, pits and diked areas, vessels, silos and other similar areas.
Permit Required Conned Space has one or more of these characteriscs:
• Contains or has the potenal to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
• Contains a material with the potenal to engulf someone who enters the space;
• Has an internal conguraon that might cause an entrant to be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a oor that slopes
downward and tapers to a smaller cross secon; and/or
• Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazards.

APPENDIX A
Part Numbers Minimum Tensile Strength
and Material
Maximum User
Capacity Standards & Regulaons Image
605047
Conned Space
Pole Hoist
6061-T6 Aluminum
Zinc Plated Steel
Maximum One Worker
up to 310 lbs. for
Normal Conned Space
Entry/Egress Operaons
OSHA 1926.502
Table 1: Specifications for Confined Space Pole Hoist
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