CE-EN1891 Type-B!?

[Garbarrage]

Our ANSI is what guides us, not the European standards.

Sorry for necro-ing this thread. I came across it while researching a Toolbox Talk, but felt I needed to make an important point.

Regardless of your jurisdiction it shouldn't be a standard that guides you, but rather your own brain. You should look into what the standards actually are.

EN1891 is a standardized test procedure. Namely "Personal protective equipment for the prevention of falls from a height. Low stretch kernmantel ropes"

In this procedure, they take a 100kg weight on a rope and drop it 1m a number of times. This is EN1891-A. If the rope fails, they do the test again with an 80kg weight. This is EN1891-B.

So basically, ropes that are designated EN1891-B are ropes that cannot pass EN1891-A.

I weigh 90-95kg. So, going by this test, whether I follow ANSI or EN guidelines, I would be pretty dumb to trust a type-B rope. Gravity doesn't care about jurisdictions.

 

[ghostice]

Not really, but if it is important that you know that the rope you use is EN1891 A or B, like for a climbing comp that uses international guidelines, it would be worth a look on the manufacturer's website. Whereas the retailer you purchased the rope from may not list it, the rope manufacturer will.

Some websites do list this info for ropes - for example Honey Brothers in the UK often has standards/ approvals info for climbing products including ropes. US and Canadian websites are a bit arid when it comes to product standards and approvals at times. Maybe they need to up their game? Pass on a note to the company you deal with. Good discussion.