Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- How to Use this Book -- Your Success -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: Regulatory Considerations, Rescue Plans, and Developing a Rescue Capability -- CHAPTER 1: The Reason for Rescue -- Regulatory Requirements -- Protecting Employees at Height -- State Plans -- Standards -- Fall-Protection Plan -- Fall Protection Systems for Rescuers -- Passive Fall Protection -- Rope Access -- Fall Restraint -- Fall Arrest -- Fall Containment Systems -- Exclusions -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 2: Developing a Post-Fall Rescue Plan -- Sometimes Workers Fall -- Suspension Intolerance -- Creating a Preplan -- Emergency Response Planning -- Preparing for Post-Fall Rescue -- Post-Fall Rescue Capabilities -- Worksite Considerations -- Contributing Factors -- Protocols -- Notification of the Incident -- Individual Responsibilities -- Personal Escape -- Co-Worker Assisted Rescue -- Professional Rescue -- Coordination with External Resources -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 3: Program Development and Incident Management -- Employees as Responders -- Selecting Co-worker Assisted Rescue Responders -- Forming Co-worker Assisted Rescue Capabilities -- Needs Assessment -- Organization and Group Development -- Operational Organization -- Preparing Responders -- Knowledge and Skills -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- PART II: Equipment, Systems, and Skills -- CHAPTER 4: Equipment for Co-Worker Responders -- Regulatory Requirements for PPE -- Fall Protection PPE versus Rescue PPE -- Clothing and Personal GEAR -- Harnesses -- Helmet -- Lanyards -- Connectors -- Braking Devices -- Rope Grabs -- Personal Escape Systems -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 5: Rescue Equipment and Systems.

Considerations in Selecting Equipment -- Equipment Strength -- Safety Margins -- Ropes for Rescue -- Measuring Rope Performance -- Slings and Webbing -- Edge Protection -- Connectors -- Braking/Descent Devices -- Rope Grabs -- Pulleys -- Multi-Function Rescue Devices -- Subject Holding Device -- Litters -- Pre-Engineered Rescue Systems -- Care, Inspection, and Retirement of Rescue Gear -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 6: Personal Skills for Rescuers -- Rescuer Safety -- Ropes and Terminations -- Knot Terminology -- End Knots -- Midline Knots -- Joining Two Ropes -- Anchorages -- Personal Safety -- Access and Egress -- Free Climbing -- Ladders -- Belaying -- Ascending -- Descending -- Communications during Descent -- Personal Escape -- Practicing Emergency Escape from a Platform -- Practicing Emergency Escape from Fall Arrest -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- PART III: Putting It All Together -- CHAPTER 7: Principles of Rigging -- Gravity -- Friction -- Angles -- Vector Forces -- Exercising the Concepts -- Anchor Systems -- Anchorages -- Anchorage System Performance -- Rollout -- Tensionless Anchorage -- Load-Sharing Anchor Systems -- Back Ties -- Change of Direction -- Rescue Systems for Lowering -- Rescue Systems for Raising -- Rescue System Belays -- Safety Factors -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 8: Single Rescuer Techniques -- When a Worker Falls -- Responding to a Fall -- Reach the Subject -- Extricate the Subject to a Secure Location -- Methods for Workmate Retrieval: Entry Methods -- Reach the Subject -- Release and Extricate the Subject -- Rescue from Rope Access -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 9: Group Rescue Methods -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Operations Leader -- Safety Officer -- Rigging Technician -- Primary Rescuer -- The Group Response.

Reaching the Subject -- Securing the Subject -- Releasing the Subject -- Extricating the Subject -- Belaying the Rescuer -- Horizontal Movement -- Highline Traverse -- Cross-Haul -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- PART IV: Successful Workplace Planning -- CHAPTER 10: Industry-Specific Considerations -- Buildings and Structures -- Manufacturing and Processing Facilities -- Agricultural Facilities -- Confined Space -- Tower Construction and Maintenance -- Wind Turbines -- Bridges and Support Structures -- Construction Sites -- Offshore Installations -- Summary -- Post-Chapter Quiz -- Answer Key -- CHAPTER 11: Practical Workplace Application: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Developing a Co-Worker Assisted Rescue Plan -- Step 1: Identifying Responsible Persons -- Step 2: Policy Statement -- Step 3: Fall Hazard Survey -- Step 4: Mitigating Fall Hazards -- Step 5: Fall Protection Plan -- Step 6: Post-Fall Rescue Plan -- Step 7: Coordination with Local Agencies -- Step 8: Record Keeping and Training -- Program Administrator Training -- Authorized Person Training -- Rescue Training -- Equipment Inspection -- Fall Protection Audit -- Incident Investigation -- Summary -- Index.