Everything You Need to Know About the New AS/NZS 5532:2013 for Height Safety Anchors
Ensuring the safety of a roof safety anchor has always been ambiguous. These life-saving devices have their own tests and standards for performance; however, this was never a uniform endeavour. This has changed thanks to the release of AS/NZS 5532:2013, a groundbreaking standard sponsored by the Working At Heights Association that sets a uniform national benchmark for the manufacturing requirements of single-point anchor devices used for harness-based work at height. Prior to the introduction of AS/NZS 5532, the only requirement for roof safety anchors was that they be rated to withstand 15kN of force for one-person use and 21kN for