Professional Rope Access: A Guide To Working Safely at Height

• Provides comprehensive guidance for employers, safety managers and rope access technicians to develop, maintain, and manage a rope access program
• Offers specific guidance for writing a comprehensive managed fall protection plan that includes rope access
• Thoroughly describes how to perform specific rope access maneuvers that can be used to offer greater safety when working at height
• Shows how a well-managed rope access program can be used as a tool to get more work accomplished at a lower cost and with greater efficiency than conventional methods can achieve
• Discusses and clarifies unique distinctions of equipment for rope access, as compared with equipment for fall arrest, positioning, and restraint

Avainsanat: Rope Access; Fall Protection; Descender; Descent Control; Rope Descent System; RDS; Controlled Descent; Fall Arrest; Restraint; Positioning; Work at Height; Descender; Ascender; Backup Device; Harness; Rope; Safety; Lanyard; Chest Ascender; Cow’s Tail; Shock Absorber; Highline; Rebelay; Rescue; JHA; Hazard Zone; Access Zone; SPRAT; IRATA; ARAA; ANSI; ISO; Z359; OSHA; Industrial Safety; Plant Safety; Bridge Inspection; Wind Turbine; Rock Scaling; Window Cleaner; Tower Climber; Rigging; Entertainment Rigging, Emergency Management, Construction: Health & Safety, Emergency Management, Construction: Health & Safety