Honeywell Miller SafEscape ELITE SEHWLB FT Series User Manual page 7

NOTE: Descent may be controlled by a person located at
the base of the descent or by the descender (see Controlling
Descent).
CAUTION: To avoid injury, always bend your knees in
preparation for safe landing.
4. After landing, disconnect the lifeline carabiner from
the user's full-body harness.
Alternating Descents (2 or More Persons)
The SafEscape ELITE Rescue/Descent Device allows several
people to descend, one after another, without having to
reset the device. Uniquely bi-directionally engineered with
locking carabiners on both ends of the lifeline, as one person
completes a descent and unhooks from the lifeline, the next
person at base level can hook onto the carabiner on the other
end of the lifeline and begin descent.
Each user should follow the procedure for single person
descent.
Assisted Rescue
SafEscape ELITE Models SEHW and SEHWLB are uniquely
designed with a hoisting wheel, which can be used to either
raise a fall victim enough that the fall arrest system can be
released before descending to safety OR raise a fall victim to a
safe platform above.
1. Lower or raise the carabiner on the rescue end of the lifeline
to the fall victim.
2. Connect carabiner to the front or back D-ring of the victim's
full-body harness.
3. Fold the hoisting wheel handle out and rotate the wheel
clockwise to raise the victim to a safe platform above or to a
point where the fall arrest connecting device can safely be
released (see Fig. 4a).
WARNING: The free end of the lifeline should be secured in
the pigtail and cam cleats to prevent unintentional descent
before releasing the victim's fall arrest subsystem.
4. Prior to descent, remove any slack in the lifeline that may
exist between the user and the device. Once the lifeline is
taut, maintain a secure hold on the free end of the lifeline.
IMPORTANT: Prior to descent, always fold the handle
back into the hoisting wheel to minimize vibration during
descent (see Fig. 4b).
5. To begin descent, release the free end of the lifeline.
Descent speed is automatically controlled via the
SafEscape's centrifugal brake.
NOTE: Descent may be controlled by a person located at
the base of the descent or by the descender (see Controlling
Descent).
CAUTION: To avoid injury, always bend your knees in
preparation for safe landing.
6. After landing, disconnect the lifeline carabiner from the
user's full-body harness.
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 4a
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