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Self-retracting lifeline
Domain: Health and safety at work => Preventive measures => Personal protective equipment
Grammatical category
Noun phrase
Grammar notes
Countable
Definition
A deceleration device which contains a drum-wound line which may be slowly extracted from, or retracted onto, the drum under slight tension during normal employee movement, and which, after onset of a fall, automatically locks the drum and arrests the fall.
Definition source
European legislation
Directives 89/656/EEC, 89/686/EEC
British legislation
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992; The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002
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Synonyms
Self-Retracting Lanyard
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Image source
BGR 198 "Einsatz von persönlichen Schutzausrüstungen gegen Absturz "