For Rope access operation, what should you prepare?
The activity of rope access is working at height professionally with rope, such as inspection, building, cleaning, repair, maintenance, etc. The rope access activity always accompanies hazard as it is high level work.
Actually, rope access was firstly used for caving and climbing, but now it is used in many industry field. Rope access activity enables workers to access to locations where is difficult to approach without using scaffolding, baskets or aerial platforms.
Three basic equipment should be prepared for the rope access activity
1. Rope access safety harness, also can be called suspension harness or rigging harness. This harness should have sternal and ventral D ring for rope work. Dorsal and lateral D ring are also equipped for various applications. For example, if you are do out-wall cleaning or maintenance, the lateral D ring would allow you work freely while not swinging lift and right.
2. High tensile Rope for industrial use. Semi-static or static rope , which is low stretch rope and dynamic rope. These ropes must be carefully inspected before each use to guarantee the safety.
3. Fall arrest device to protect the user in event of a fall.
The fundamental aim of rope access work is to carry out the work efficiently, with minimal accidents, incidents or dangerous occurrences.
Following are some models for rope access operation.
