Designation:F887−13StandardSpecificationsforPersonalClimbingEquipment1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF887;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*TableofContentsSectionTitleSection/ParagraphScope1ReferencedDocuments2Terminology3SignificanceandUse4PoleandTreeClimbersClassification5OrderingInformation6PoleandTreeClimbers7ClimberGaffs8ClimberStraps9ClimberPads10ClimberFootplates11BodyBelts,PositioningDevicesandWoodPoleFallRestrictDevices(WPFRD)Classification12OrderingInformation13BodyBelts14PositioningDevices15WoodPoleFallRestrictionDevice(WPFRD)16ArboristSaddleArboristSaddle17HarnessesClassification18OrderingInformation18.2Sizing18.3Marking18.4ShockAbsorbingLanyardsClassification19OrderingInformation20ShockAbsorbingLanyards21QualificationTestingElectricArcPerformance22QualificationTesting(TestEquipment,BodyBelts,PositioningDevices)23QualificationTesting(WPFRD)24QualificationTesting(ArboristSaddle)25Instructions26GuaranteeandRejection27Keywords281.1Thisstandardcoversthespecificationsandqualificationtestingofthefollowing:Climbers,Climberstraps,ClimberPads,ClimberFootplates,BodyBelts,PositioningDeviceswithLockingSnaphooks/Carabiners,WoodPoleFallRestrictionDevices(WPFRD),ArboristSaddle,Harnesses,ShockAbsorbingLanyards.Thesedevicesareusedbyworkersintheclimbingofpoles,trees,towers,andotherstructures.Minimumperformancecriteriaforarcresistanceofharnessesandshockabsorbinglanyardsareincludedforworkerswhomaybeexposedtothermalhazardsofmomentaryelectricarcsorflame.1.2Threetypesofclimbers,(TypesA,B,andC)andtwotypesofclimberstraps,Types(AandB)arecovered.1.3Twotypesofbodybelts,(TypesAandB)arecovered.1.4Eighttypesofpositioningdevices:threepositioningstraps,(TypesA,B,andC),threeadjustable-positioninglanyards,(TypesA,BandC)andtwononadjustablepositio...
