About Me: • 27-year veteran of the Dallas Fire/Rescue

Department • Co-founder of Tech Safety Lines, Inc. • Involved in development and implementation of

Dallas’ state USAR team, Texas Task Force II. • Consult companies in developing fall protection

and rescue plans. • Developed the Rescue Kits, Rescue Training and

much of the Fall Protection gear that Tech Safety Lines represents.

• Rock-climber, World War I buff, Belgian beer cicerone.

Assisted Rescue • Incapacitated Operator in cab • Worker Injured on Ladder

System • Worker fallen from jib – in suspension Self Rescue • Emergency Evacuation

aka: “Escape”

Types of Emergencies

Considerations

Frequency? • Infrequent, yes…but they do happen! • “3-4 times per year “– Cranesaccidents.com • Half dozen examples in North America

Considerations

Location?

• Metropolitan areas • Outlying suburbs • Growth outpacing Emergency Response

Considerations

Requirement?

OSHA CFR 1926.502(d)(20) “The employer shall provide for prompt rescue of employees in the event of a fall or shall assure that employees are able to rescue themselves.”

Considerations

Requirement?

ANSI ANSI Z359.2-2007 (6.1) requires all worksites to employ a fall rescue plan that provides “prompt rescue to fallen authorized persons.”

Considerations

ANSI Z359.2-2007

- 9 1 1 - Contracted services

- In-house Emergency Response Teams (ERT)

Considerations “Golden Hour”

• Event • ??? Exact time period ??? 1 • Chance of survival time spent on scene

Advanced Medical Care

Considerations

• Anticipate foreseeable potential for rescue • Develop rescue procedures • Verify Authorized Rescuers are identified and trained • Prepare, update, review Rescue Plan

ANSI Z359.2-2007 3.2.6 Competent Person/Rescuer

Considerations

Rescue Plan

• Complying with regulations • Keeping an eye on economic issues Reduce the chance of fines Decreasing insurance costs Liability issues

• Risk reduction lives saved everybody goes home !!

Having a well-designed Rescue Plan shows the employer is:

Considerations

“If you don’t have a rescue plan in

place, you may find yourself with a

man in trouble and a fire department

trying to figure out how to get

someone down as they are dying.”

Craneblogger.com

Assisted Rescue • Rescue Kit

o Type? o Mechanical advantage

system • Adaptive packaging system • Lowering line • Tagline • Rated man-basket

Self-Rescue / Escape • Harness • Personal Escape System

Assisted Rescue Scenario

Situation: • Non-responsive operator • 265’ Crane

o Bottom entry o Top hatch

• ERT on site

Assisted Rescue Scenario

Rescue Plan

• Hazard Identification • Equipment Selection • Access • Care/Packaging • Path of Egress

Assisted Rescue Scenario Hazard Identification

• Defining the event • Peripheral concerns – “Environment” • What ERT already knows

o Structural surveys o Details of the crane o Height o Cab access o Anchorages

Assisted Rescue Scenario Equipment Selection

• Anchorage connectors • MA system • Lowering device • Primary rope load • Tag line • Edge protection

• Class III harness • Full spine and neck

protection • Rated connection points • User friendly

Assisted Rescue Scenario Access

Assisted Rescue Scenario Care/Packaging

Assisted Rescue Scenario Path of Egress

Assisted Rescue Scenario Path of Egress

Assisted Rescue Scenario Path of Egress

Assisted Rescue Scenario Path of Egress

Assisted Rescue Scenario Path of Egress

Assisted Rescue Scenario Path of Egress

Thank you!