Personal Fall Arrest Systems

Product Definition & Photos

Personal Fall Arrest System is a protective equipment to wear before working at a high place. This type of equipment includes Body belt type (single hanging) and Harness type (single hanging) and is designed to disperse pressure on upper thigh, pelvis, chest and shoulders when preventing a person from falling from a high place. The product safety standard is regulated by law. Not only body belt type/harness type Personal Fall Arrest Systems, but also the components such as a harness, body belt, or lanyard with/without shock absorber are also subject to the document review.

The sale of all products of this product type on the Amazon website must meet specified certification standards. To sell these products on Amazon, you must apply by submitting the following information and documents to this email address:

jp-life-safety-equipment@amazon.com

1. Company name
2. Merchant Token/Vendor ID
3. Email address (of which you registered to Amazon)
4. Phone number
5. A list of ASINs with Name of Business for Manufacturing (or Importing) and Name of manufacturer(s) you are applying to sell

Documents per ASINs (please include the ASIN in the file name of the documents).

Industrial Safety and Health Act

Documents which verify that the product meets the safety standards set out in the Standards for Personal Fall Arrest Systems. Details of the requirement depends on the product as mentioned below. Note that all references to ‘Articles’ refer to articles of the Standards for Personal Fall Arrest Systems:

• Personal Fall Arrest Systems

  Harness type Personal Fall Arrest Systems:

  1) Document that verifies that the product meets the requirements under Article 4 (Strength of components), Article 6 (Shapes and dimensions of components), Article 8 (Impact-resisting property), and 2) Photo of labels on the product

  Body belt type Personal Fall Arrest Systems:

  1) Document that verifies that the product meets the requirements under Article 4 (Strength of components), Article 6 (Shapes and dimensions of components), Article 8 (Impact-resisting property), and 2) Photo of labels on the product

• Components of Personal Fall Arrest Systems

  Harness:

  Document that verifies that the product meets the requirements under Article 4 (Strength of components), Article 6 (Shapes and dimensions of components), Article 8 (Impact-resisting property)

  Body belt:

  Document that verifies that the product meets the requirements under Article 4 (Strength of components), Article 6 (Shapes and dimensions of components)

  Lanyard with shock absorber:

  1) Document that verifies that the product meets the requirements under Article 4 (Strength of components), Article 6 (Shapes and dimensions of components), Article 8 (Impact-resisting property), and 2) Photo of labels on the shock absorber

  Lanyard without shock absorber:

  Document that verifies that the product meets the requirements under Article 4 (Strength of components), Article 6 (Shapes and dimensions of components)

• Guidelines for the safe use of fall prevention equipment - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Standards for Personal Fall Arrest Systems