Professional Rope Access E-Book

Loui McCurley

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 565

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Guides the reader in the development and maintenance of a rope access program * 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

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Notes on Contributors

TOM WOOD, CHAPTERS 4 AND 13

KEITH LUSCINSKI, Chapter 9

PETER FERGUSON, Chapter 14

BOB MCCURLEY

ROB DUNSHEA

THOMAS EVANS

Foreword

Your Success

Preface

How To Use This Book

SECTION 1 – PLANNING FOR ROPE ACCESS

SECTION 2 SKILLS FOR THE ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN

SECTION 3 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

WORKING SAFELY AT HEIGHT

Section 1: Planning for Rope Access

Chapter 1: What Is Rope Access?

1-1 INTRODUCTION

1-2 FOUNDATION AND EVOLUTION OF ROPE ACCESS

1-3 ROPE ACCESS COMPARED/CONTRASTED WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES

1-4 COMPATIBILITY AND WORK SAFETY

1-5 SPECIAL TECHNIQUES

1-6 PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ROPE ACCESS

1-7 SUMMARY

Chapter 2: Rope Access and the Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Plan

2-1 PROTECTING WORKERS AT HEIGHT

2-2 COMPREHENSIVE MANAGED FALL PROTECTION

2-3 HIERARCHY OF FALL PROTECTION

2-4 ROPE ACCESS WORK PLAN

2-5 SUMMARY

Chapter 3: Personnel Selection and Training

3-1 INTRODUCTION

3-2 PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS

3-3 TEAM ORGANIZATION AND COMPETENCIES

3-4 TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

3-5 SUMMARY

Chapter 4: Equipment for Rigging

4-1 EQUIPMENT FOR RIGGING ROPE ACCESS SYSTEMS

4-2 HOW TO CHOOSE EQUIPMENT FOR RIGGING IN LIFE SAFETY SITUATIONS

4-3 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERSONAL EQUIPMENT AND RIGGING EQUIPMENT

4-4 RIGGING EQUIPMENT FOR FALL ARREST

4-5 RIGGING EQUIPMENT FOR CRANES VERSUS RIGGING USED IN ROPE ACCESS

4-6 RIGGING EQUIPMENT FOR SUSPENDED SCAFFOLDS

4-7 RIGGING EQUIPMENT FOR RESCUE

4-8 ROPE

4-9 CONNECTORS

4-10 HARDWARE

4-11 MECHANICAL ANCHORAGE CONNECTORS

4-12 ANCHOR SLINGS

4-13 SUMMARY

Chapter 5: Personal Equipment for Rope Access

5-1 INTRODUCTION

5-2 ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

5-3 HARNESSES

5-4 A NOTE ABOUT COMFORT SEATS (SEATBOARDS)

5-5 HELMETS

5-6 LANYARDS

5-7 CONNECTORS

5-8 DESCENDING DEVICES

5-9 ROPE ACCESS BACKUP DEVICES

5-10 ASCENDERS

5-11 GLOVES

5-12 CLOTHING AND PERSONAL WEAR

5-13 OTHER PPE

5-14 EQUIPMENT TRACEABILITY AND RECORDKEEPING

5-15 SUMMARY

Section 2: Skills for the Rope Access Technician

Chapter 6: Rigging Concepts

6-1 PRINCIPLES AT WORK IN A SYSTEM

6-2 USING THE PRINCIPLES

6-3 SUMMARY

Chapter 7: Rope Terminations and Anchorages

7-1 ROPE AND KNOT TERMINOLOGY

7-2 ROPE TERMINATIONS

7-3 MANUFACTURED TERMINATIONS

7-4 KNOTS

7-5 KNOTS AND ROPE STRENGTH

7-6 ANCHORAGES

7-7 SUMMARY

Chapter 8: Rope Access Systems

8-1 COMPATIBILITY

8-2 ACCESS SYSTEM

8-3 BACKUP SYSTEM

8-4 ATTACHMENT TO TECHNICIAN'S HARNESS

8-5 PULL-THROUGH SYSTEMS

8-6 CHANGING THE FALL LINE

8-7 SUMMARY

Chapter 9: Descending

9-1 INTRODUCTION

9-2 CHOOSING A DESCENDER

9-3 CHOOSING A ROPE FOR DESCENT

9-4 RIGGING FOR DESCENT

9-5 GETTING ON ROPE

9-6 MANAGING THE DESCENT

9-7 TENDING THE BACKUP DEVICE

9-8 PASSING A KNOT

9-9 PASSING A DEVIATION ANCHOR

9-10 PASSING A REBELAY

9-11 LANDING

9-12 SUMMARY

Chapter 10: Ascending

10-1 SELECTING ASCENDERS

10-2 THE COMPLETE ASCENDING SYSTEM

10-3 MANAGING THE ASCENT

10-4 CHANGEOVERS

10-5 SUMMARY

Chapter 11: Advanced Techniques

11-1 BELAYS

11-2 AID CLIMBING

11-3 LEAD CLIMBING

11-4 CLIMBING WITH TWIN LANYARDS

11-5 RAISING AND LOWERING SYSTEMS

11-6 SYSTEMS FOR LOWERING

11-7 SYSTEMS FOR RAISING

11-8 CROSS-HAUL

11-9 TENSIONED ROPES

11-10 MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS SYSTEMS

11-11 POWERED ASSIST SYSTEMS

11-12 SUMMARY

Chapter 12: Use of Powered Rope Access Devices

12-1 PRECAUTIONS

12-2 CONFIGURING THE DEVICE INTO THE SYSTEM

12-3 CONFIGURATION 1 (SIT ON TOP)

12-4 CONFIGURATION (SUSPEND BENEATH)

12-5 USING THE DEVICE FROM A FIXED POSITION

12-6 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

12-7 CARE AND MAINTENANCE

12-8 SUMMARY

Chapter 13: Rescue

13-1 ROPE ACCESS AND RESCUE

13-2 THE RESCUE PREPLAN

13-3 SELF-RESCUE

13-4 COWORKER-ASSISTED RESCUE

13-5 NONCOMMITTAL RESCUE AND PRERIGGING FOR RESCUE

13-6 CO-WORKER ASSISTED RESCUE FROM DESCENT

13-7 RESCUE FROM ASCENT

13-8 CHALLENGING RESCUES

13-9 STANDBY RESCUE

13-10 PROFESSIONAL VERSUS COWORKER-ASSISTED RESCUE

13-11 CONCLUSION

Section 3: Program Administration

Chapter 14: Developing a Rope Access Plan

14-1 WORKING SAFELY AT HEIGHTS

14-2 NECESSARY ELEMENTS OF A ROPE ACCESS PROGRAM

14-3 WORK IN A SYSTEM

14-4 SUMMARY

Chapter 15: Developing a Policy Statement

15-1 QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

15-2 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

15-3 CONGRATULATIONS!

Chapter 16: Writing a Work Order

16-1 SUMMARY

Chapter 17: Establishing a Work Plan

17-1 SUMMARY

Chapter 18: Performing a Job Hazard Analysis

18-1 THE PROCESS

18-2 CONTENT

18-3 USING THE JHA

18-4 SUMMARY

Chapter 19: Fall Hazard Survey/Assessment

19-1 CONDUCTING THE SURVEY

19-2 SURVEY CONTENTS

19-3 USING THE SURVEY

19-4 FALL HAZARD MITIGATION

19-5 SUMMARY

Chapter 20: Creating a Rescue Preplan

20-1 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING

20-2 FALL RESCUE PLANNING

20-3 COORDINATION WITH EXTERNAL RESOURCES

20-4 SUMMARY

Chapter 21: Training Records

21-1 CERTIFICATION RECORDS

21-2 TECHNICIAN RECORDS

21-3 EMPLOYER RECORDS

21-4 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING

Chapter 22: Equipment Inspection and Care

22-1 SPECIFYING EQUIPMENT

22-2 PLACING EQUIPMENT INTO SERVICE

22-3 EQUIPMENT INSPECTION

22-4 CLEANING

22-5 RETIREMENT

Chapter 23: Rope Access Program Audit

23-1 COMPONENTS OF AN AUDIT

23-2 MANAGEMENT

23-3 PRACTICES

23-4 EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT

23-5 RECORDKEEPING

23-6 SUMMARY

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End User License Agreement

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