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Code of Federal Regulations – 1910.146 Permit-required confined spaces

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Confined Space Rescue

This blog is a quick reference for folks (private, public or government agenies alike) who are needing a quick reference for the federal guidelines overseeing confined space regulations. This section does not apply to agriculture, to construction, or to shipyard employment (parts 1928, 1926, and 1915 of this chapter, respectively). 1910.146 (b) Definitions. Acceptable entry …

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Confined Space Rescue Split 4:1 Raise

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Mainline Systems and Operations, Mechanical Advantage, Portable Anchors / 11 Comments

Excerpt Taken From Rigging Lab Academy’s ~ Confined Space Rescue: Technician course Confined Space Rescue Split 4:1 Introduction With the introduction of Petzl Grillons, AZTEKs, and other small mechanical advantage devices, a lot of people don’t use a rig split 4:1 anymore. If you don’t have access to a Grillon or small mechanical advantage systems …

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Welcome to Confined Space Rescue Demonstration: Technician

By Lance Piatt / Confined Space Rescue, Elevated Anchor Systems, Mechanical Advantage / 33 Comments

Welcome to the third and final demonstration installment of our confined space rescue series… Confined Space Rescue Demonstration: Technician. We have a stacked line for you with tons of tips, information, and demonstrations. What you’ll be watching is far from exhaustive, however, we’ve tipped the scales way beyond anything you’ll find on the open market. …

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Welcome to Confined Space Rescue Demonstration: Operations

By Lance Piatt / Confined Space Rescue / 3 Comments

Welcome to Confined Space Rescue Demonstration: Operations. This demo will provide you with the theory to operate at the NFPA confined space rescue operations level. As rescue is a skill-based event this theory needs to be matched with skill-based follow-up training prior to you trying this on your own. The Setting and Backstory of the Operational …

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Welcome to Confined Space Rescue Demonstration: Awareness

By Lance Piatt / Confined Space Rescue / 137 Comments

Sure, there are a ton of courses out there for confined space principles — how to do hole watch, how to monitor, etc. — but just how relevant is this material to a confined space rescuer? When should we build a tripod reeve? What kind of precautions should we take around a patient when getting …

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8 Defined Rescue Rigging Systems That Will Astonish The Entire Team… By Using Well Define Processes

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Designing Your Processes, Dynamic Directional, General Rigging, Highline Rigging, Horizontal Rigging, Mainline Systems and Operations, Mechanical Advantage, Petzl, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems, Two Tensioned Rope Rescue Systems / 80 Comments

When we developed ideas into courses, we considered many things. Yes, we went through the SWOT analysis as well. Know this will get you What, Where, When, and How! Strengths Opportunities Weaknesses Threats I will let you reference this, however we went through all 4 elements before we engineered, designed, went to production and released …

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Sked Stretcher Spinal Packaging for Vertical & Horizontal Use

By Lance Piatt / Confined Space Rescue, Industry, Patient Packaging / 23 Comments

Content excerpts from Rigging Lab Academy’s Confined Space Rescue Demonstrations Sked Stretcher Spinal Packaging for Vertical & Horizontal Use In this unit, we’ll be going over the NFPA Confined Space Rescue job performance requirements for spinal packaging both vertically and horizontally. We’ll begin by going over vertical rigging. As you can see in the next …

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CONFINED SPACE RESCUE WITH THE PETZL MAESTRO

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Petzl, RRG Gear Review / 135 Comments

The PETZL MAESTRO is a descent control device with an integral progress capture pulley for technical rescues. Additional MAESTRO benefits include: Shifting from a haul to lower is immediate and efficient without having to transfer the load Can efficiently haul and lower heavy loads Serve as the primary or back-up system A small hole on …

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The Cost of Doing Business with a Dynamic Directional Between Gin-pole and A-Frame

By Lance Piatt / Artificial High Directional AHD, Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Dynamic Directional, RRG Gear Review / 50 Comments

The cost of rope rescue rigging and training, much less a rescue, has some inherent expenditures. There is the direct cost of the gear, which to some might seem like a lot, but in reality it pales in comparison to the costs of personnel and training. These can easily be broken down into professionals who …

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Elements of a Tripod (English) Reeve

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Mainline Systems and Operations / 160 Comments

Excerpts from Rigging Lab Academy’s ~ Confined Space Rescue: Technician Tripod (English) Reeve Overview We can get into situations where either because the products that are coming out of the space are some sort of Ethyl Methyl death (where you don’t want a lot of people around the outside of the hole) or the hole …

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