Responding to Falls
Before on-site work begins:
Trainers perform rescue at height (Courtesy ENSA).
- Identify emergencies that could affect your work site.
- Establish a chain of command.
- Document procedures for responding to emergencies and make sure they're available at the site.
- Post emergency-responder phone numbers and addresses at the work site.
- Identify critical resources and rescue equipment.
- Train on-site responders.
- Identify off-site responders and inform them about any conditions at the site that may hinder a rescue effort.
- Identify emergency entry and exit routes.
- Make sure responders have quick access to rescue and retrieval equipment, such as lifts and ladders.
During on-site work:
- Identify on-site equipment that can be used for rescue and retrieval, such as extension ladders and mobile lifts.
- Maintain a current rescue-equipment inventory at the site. Equipment may change frequently as the job progresses.
- Re-evaluate and update the emergency-response plan when on-site work tasks change.
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9-5. At what point should you identify on-site equipment that can be used for rescue and retrieval?
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