Mobile Man Anchors

The Mobile Man Anchor is specifically designed to provide short-term safety for low frequency operations where guardrails are not provided. This portable anchor unit is ideal for short term maintenance operations to flat roofs or to the plant and equipment installed at roof level such as AC units, telecommunication equipment etc.

The Mobile Man Anchor has been designed to be used with an approved shock absorbing rope grab and rope and full body harness to provide safe access at all times.

The Mobile Man Anchor has been tested by Satra and fully complies with BS EN 795:

Protection against falls from a height - Anchor devices - Requirements and testing. The Unit has also been designed to ensure compliance to the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

MOBILE MAN ANCHOR BUILDING HEIGHT & SAFE WORKING

The Mobile Man Anchor can be utilised on buildings over 4m high when used as a fall arrest system in conjunction with a shock absorbing rope grab device. If the Mobile Man Anchor is used on buildings below 4m it must be used in conjunction with a fixed length lanyard and used as a restraint system as opposed to fall arrest.

The length of the shock absorbing rope grab device should not generally exceed the height of the building in order to avoid the possibility of the pendulum effect. To avoid this, the Mobile Man Anchor should be placed perpendicular to the roof edge where the operative is likely to be working.

No part of the Mobile Man Anchor should be placed closer than 2.5m from the nearest roof edge. The unit should not be placed on any surfaces affected by ice, grease or similar slippery conditions which may impair the performance of the unit.

MOBILE MAN ANCHOR PITCH ROOF & SAFE WORKING

The Mobile Man Anchor can be used on any flat roof or on industrial steel clad pitched roofs up to 15 degrees pitch providing the Mobile Man Anchor is positioned on the opposite pitch to where the operative intends working. When placed on the roof slope the Mobile Man Anchor must be at least 2.5m from the ridge.

In all cases one must ensure that the roof structure is capable of taking the load of the mobile man anchor (260kg or 340kg) combined with the weight of the operative plus any additional equipment required.

Never attach more than one person to the mobile man anchor at any one time.

MOBILE MAN ANCHOR TESTING

The Mobile Man Anchor has been extensively tested by SATRA to BS EN 795: Protection against falls from a height - Anchor devices - requirements and testing.

The unit was tested on the following roof surfaces:

	6 Point Mobile Man Anchor	8 Point Mobile Man Anchor
Chipping Roof Surface	NO	YES
Bitumen Roof Surface	NO	YES
Paving Slabs Roof Surface	YES	YES
Asphalt Roof Surface	YES	YES
Steel Roof Surface	YES	YES
PVC Membrane Roof Surface	YES	YES