Safety Harness Inspection

As one of the UK's leading safety equipment inspection training providers, we provide comprehensive harness training courses to clients across London, Essex and the Home Counties. So browse through our range of training courses available, book your place or contact our experienced team to discuss your specific requirements. 

Overseen by our experienced and professional experts, our training courses will provide you with everything you need to safely and efficiently inspect harnesses and spot any potential issues before they can arise. 

If your staff have not been trained in how to do this, we would recommend the one of our safety harness training courses, which includes a hands-on exercise in the pre-use inspection of harnesses and lanyards.

Kingfisher Access now offers a Harness Inspection Services designed to give you a cost-effective way of meeting the formal inspection requirements for this type of equipment as spe…Read More

Overview of information supplied by the manufacturer 

Manufacturer's labels are intact/legible 

Products are within the manufacturer’s recommended lifespan

General Checking Of Textile Components:

Visual Checks: 

Excessive wear 

Abrasion 

Cuts, particularly to load-bearing parts

Dirty webbing or rope 

Cut, broken or abraded stitching Visual and tactile checks: 

Damage by chemicals 

Chemical contamination 

Damage by heat Harness-Specific Checks (in addition to above) Visual and tactile checks: 

Internal and external inspection of attachment point loops Attachment points, fastening and adjustment buckles for: §

Correct assembly 

Correct functioning 

Excessive wear 

Corrosion 

Cracks 

Correct functioning Lanyard And Energy-Absorber Checks (in addition to above)

Visual and tactile checks: 

Inside and outside attachment point loops 

No knots 

No wholly or partially deployed energy absorbers 

Karabiners etc inspected as per attachment points above