Build a rescue plan for suspended rope-descent workers that satisfies OSHA's prompt-rescue requirement rather than relying on self-rescue alone
domain: rds-rescue-plan · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm the job's written rescue plan addresses prompt rescue of a fallen/suspended worker, consistent with the employer's rescue obligations under 1910.27(b)(2)
Identify pre-rigged rescue/lowering equipment and assign a trained ground-level or adjacent-anchor rescuer able to implement the plan without waiting for outside emergency responders
Account for suspension trauma risk (onset within roughly 15-40 minutes of harness suspension) when setting the plan's response-time target
Train all crew members on the specific rescue plan and equipment for the job site, not a generic company-wide plan, since anchor locations and access differ by building
Test or rehearse the rescue procedure before relying on it operationally
Known gotchas
A plan that only calls 911 and waits for fire/rescue does not meet a 'prompt rescue' standard when suspension trauma risk is time-critical
Rescue equipment that requires a second worker to travel far from the affected anchor point undermines the 'prompt' element even if a plan technically exists on paper
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