Rescue Standby and Safety Protocol

Case Study
Project: Annual Inspections of Horizontal Lifelines and Single Point Anchors
Client:  Northlands c/o Levitt Safety

Rescue planning is essential to have in place for new engineered and existing fall arrest systems, and it is equally as important to have a rescue plan in place while these fall arrest systems undergo their annual inspections and recertification services.

Case in point, the annual inspection and recertification services, with on-site rescue standby during inspection operations, that Height Works does annually for Northlands with Levitt Safety. 

The on-site rescue response team for this annual project is organized as part of the inspection rescue plan in the event that an inspection worker falls and engages the horizontal lifelines during the inspection process. This annual inspection and re-certification project is done to ensure continued operational safety and compliance with the existing engineered fall arrest systems, which include over 50 horizontal lifelines and 37 single-point anchors.

As a result of the annual inspection, the client receives assurances that their systems are safe for continued use and that the workers performing the inspections were protected by a rescue standby team in the unlikely event of a fall during inspections.

During this annual inspection and recertification services project, Height Works followed a strict safety protocol and used the JAG Rescue Kit by Petzl (see below).