I would think it would be 6monthly too, though it's not lifting equipment under LOLER it is devices (hand/footholds) used for supporting persons not goods.

"at least every six months if the lift is used at any time to carry people, every 12 months if it only carries loads, or in accordance with an examination scheme"

It's presumably going to be a visual inspection not a thorough examination, dismantling or destructive testing so costs in time and resources are minimal, it would be reasonable and proportionate to check it every six months or even monthly rather than annually.

bigpub

I don't have access to either of the British Standards that you refer to.

However, I assume that these will say something along the lines of "a suitable regime for inspection and examination".

Which would depend on the design and construction of each facility.

You could have something that looks a bit like a real rockface. So it is dependent on whether part of the face might shear off (just like real life) or you might have foot rests connected to the face and an entirely different set of likely failure modes.

What does the information supplied by those that provided the equipment say?

Arguably there should be a CDM health and safety file for a climbing "wall" but I rather doubt that those supplying such equipment would take the same interpretation of the definition of "structure" in CDM that I could posit. [and I think that the relevant case law could point in either direction - CDM does/does not apply]

Originally Posted by: A Kurdziel

While BS 7883:2005 is “The Code of Practice for the design, selection, installation, use and maintenance of anchor devices conforming to BS EN 795” Note that this is described as having been WITHDRAWN.

 

I think that's because there's a BS7883:2019 (which is current).

It does howver say "This British Standard is not applicable to: ... personal fall protection systems (PFPS) and equipment for use in leisure activities or in professional and private sports activities."  That's in teh free preview on teh BSI website: https://knowledge.bsigro...ractice/standard/preview

Abseiling window cleaners?

Steeplejacks?

...or to expand on what Roundtuir has said any work activity that I would usually expect to be done by an IRATA trained rope access technician.

Including lots of structural inspections, though less with greater availability and capability of remote methods such as the use of drones.

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