BS EN ISO 12401:2009

This standard BS EN ISO 12401:2009 Small craft. Deck safety harness and safety line. Safety requirements and test methods is classified in these ICS categories:

• 47.080 Small craft
• 13.340.60 Protection against falling and slipping

This International Standard specifies the requirements for performance, sizing, marking and test methods for deck safety harnesses and safety lines on recreational craft.

It is applicable to harnesses and lines in the following sizes of body mass:

1. size 1: > 50 kg¹⁾;

2. size 2: > 20 kg ≤ 50 kg¹);

3. size 3: ≤ 20 kg¹⁾;

which are intended to be worn by all persons when in the exposed cockpit or on the working deck of a craft afloat.

It is not applicable to dinghy “trapeze” harnesses, windsurfing harnesses, seat harnesses for fast motor boats, and harnesses intended to protect against falls from a height.