Title: +038=627.001-##001T_03-Fasadevasksystem NorAcon - International Code of Practice (ICOP).pdf
Q.2.2 Where someone is connected to an anchor by a lanyard of, say, one metre length and the harness attachment point is level with that anchor, (e.g. as shown in 2 in Figure Q.1), the potential fall distance is one metre. (In this example and the one in Q.2.3, no account is taken of any elongation of the lanyard.) The length of the fall (one metre) divided by the length of lanyard available to arrest it (one metre) gives a result of one (1 ÷ 1 = 1), i.e. fall factor one (FF 1).Q.2.3 Using the same length of lanyard as in Q.2.2, i.e. one metre, if the person climbs above the anchor to the maximum height that the lanyard allows (e.g. as shown in 3 in Figure Q.1), the length of the potential fall is now two metres, the length of the lanyard remains the same at one metre and the fall factor is two (2 ÷ 1 = 2).