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Applications for ratchet straps Their application in rope rescue can be open to team innovation, providing simple rules in their use are followed: 1.) Never be directly connected to any ratchet strap (with the exception of temporary horizontal life lines made to EN 795 Class C) as they are not generally accepted as PPE. However it is acceptable to use them indirectly 2.) In their larger sizes, ratchet straps can exert a tremendous strength, so the rule is to ‘keep-it-tight-keep-it-right’. An over-tensioned ratchet strap can be as dangerous as one that is too slack. 3.) Know how to...

CASE REPORTS OF FATAL INCIDENTS Case #1 – RECOGNITION AND RESCUE (FATALITIES = 1 WORKER + 1 RESCUER) A a 54-year-old worker died inside a floating cover of a sewage digester while attempting to restart a propane heater that was being used to warm the outside of the sewage digester cover prior to painting it Workers had wired the safety valve open so that the flow of propane would be constant, even if the flame went out. The heater was located near an opening in the cover of the digester. When the worker attempted to restart the heater, an explosion occurred that vented through the...