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PROTOCOL FOR RESCUES AT HEIGHTS

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1. OBJECTIVE
Establish the protocol to follow for safely rescuing victims from accidents of
heights in the works of X S.A.S., whether scaffolding, piles, poles, towers, buildings,
trees or tower cranes.

2. SCOPE
This SGI instruction applies to all levels of the organization; thus,
it constitutes a formal and responsible commitment to the development of the activities in
height that develops in the works of X S.A.S.

3. DEFINITIONS
Rescue Plan: A strategy or procedure, prepared in advance, to recover from
safely to a person who has fallen from an elevated work surface and
found suspended in a full body harness, includes self-rescue, rescue
assisted or through mechanical methods.

Self-rescue: An act or instance that an employee performs using their protective equipment.
against falls to rescue oneself.

Rescue: Refers to the ability to rescue or bring an individual back from

a confined space or from heights.

Rescue assistance mechanisms: A strategy or procedure, planned in advance,

to safely rescue a person who has fallen from an elevated surface
using mechanical means.

Work at height: It is any task of any nature and duration that must be
to be carried out above 1.50m from the floor level.

Anchor: Safe point to which personal protective equipment can be connected.

breaks with certified resistance to rupture and a safety factor, designed and
certified in its installation by a manufacturer and/or a qualified person. It can be fixed or
mobile according to the need.
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Full body harness: Personal protective equipment designed to distribute over

various parts of the body the impact generated during the fall: It is made in straps
sewn and properly secured, and includes elements to connect equipment and ensure safety
to an anchor point. It must be certified under a national or international standard
accepted.

Shock absorber: Equipment whose function is to reduce impact forces on the

worker's body or at the anchor points at the moment of a fall.

Approval of equipment: A written and signed document by a qualified person, issuing

his concept of compliance with the manufacturer's requirements.

Security Assistant: Worker designated by the employer to verify the

safety conditions and control access to areas at risk of falling objects or
people. It must have a training certificate in fall protection for
advanced working safely at heights or having a labor competency certificate for
safe work at heights.

Railing: A barrier that is installed at the edge of a place to prevent the possibility of falling.
It must ensure a load capacity and have an upper grip crossbar.
barrier placed at ground level to prevent the fall of objects and an intermediate crossbar or
intermediate barrier that prevents the passage of people between the upper crossbar and the barrier
inferior.

Training: For the purposes of this standard, it is any activity carried out in a company.
authorized institution, to respond to your needs, with the aim of preparing talent
human through a process in which the participant understands, assimilates, incorporates and
applies knowledge, skills, and abilities that make him competent to exercise his
labor in the workplace.

Training certificate: Document issued at the end of the process in which it is given
certificate that a person completed and passed the necessary training to perform a
work activity. This certificate has no expiration.

Equipment certification: Document that certifies that a certain item meets

with the quality demands of a national standard that regulates it and in its absence, of a
internationally recognized standard. This document is usually issued by the
manufacturer of the equipment.
Certification for safe work at heights: Certification obtained through the
certificate of training for safe work at heights or through the certificate in it
labor competence.
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Connector: Any certified equipment that allows the worker's harness to be connected to the point of
anchoring.

Height Work Coordinator: Worker designated by the employer, referred to as

formerly a competent person in the previous regulations, able to identify hazards
in the place where work at heights is carried out, related to the environment or conditions
of work and has its authorization to apply immediate corrective measures to
control the risks associated with such hazards. Must be certified in the standard of
current labor competence for safe work at heights, training at the level of
work at heights coordinator and a minimum certified experience of one year related to
work at heights. the certification, training, and experience requirements of the coordinator
work at heights will be required starting two years after the issuance of the
present resolution, while this time elapses.

Fall protection sling: Rope, strap, cable, or other materials

that allow the worker's harness to be connected to the anchor point. Its function is to stop the
fall of a person, absorbing the energy of the fall in such a way that the maximum load
about the worker being 900 pounds. Its total length, before activation, must be
maximum of 1.8 m. They must meet the following requirements:

a) All its components must be certified

b) Minimum resistance of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kilonewtons - 2,272 kg)
c) Have a shock absorber
d) Having certified connection systems at its ends.

Positioning sling: Element made of rope, straps, cable or other materials with
minimum resistance of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kilonewtons - 2,272 kg) that it can have in its
extreme hooks or connectors that allow the worker to connect to the anchorage point, and
that limits the fall distance of the worker to a maximum of 60 cm. Its function is to locate the
worker in a workplace, allowing him to use both hands for his work.

Restraint sling: Element of rope, strap, cable, or other material with strength
minimum of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kilonewtons – 2,272 kg) and of different lengths or adjustable
that allows the connection of locking or braking systems. Its function is to limit the
worker movements to ensure they do not reach a place from which they could fall. All the
slings and their components must be certified according to national standards or
relevant international ones.

Horizontal lifelines: Certified systems of steel cables, ropes, rails or

other materials that are properly anchored to the structure where the work will be carried out
heights, allow the connection of personal fall protection equipment and the
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horizontal displacement of the worker over a certain surface; the structure of

anchoring must be evaluated using engineering methods.

Fixed horizontal lifelines: These are the ones that are properly anchored to
a certain structure, made of steel cable or metal rails and according to its
length, they are supported by intermediate anchor points; they must be designed and installed
by a qualified person. The structural calculations will determine whether it is required to
energy absorbing systems.

Portable horizontal lifelines: They are certified and pre-assembled equipment,

made of rope or steel cable, with shock-absorbing systems, connectors in
its ends, a tensioning system and two anchoring straps of the Tie Off type; these are
will be installed by authorized workers between two verified points
resistance and its installation will be verified by the height work coordinator or by
a qualified person.

Vertical lifelines: Certified systems of steel cables, ropes, rails, or others

materials that, properly anchored at a point above the work area, protect the
worker in their vertical movement (ascent/descent). They will be designed by a
qualified person, and they must be installed by a qualified person or by a person
endorsed by the manufacturer or by the qualified person. Maximum stopping force, MSF The
maximum force that the worker can withstand without suffering an injury is 1,800 pounds (8
kilonewtons –816 kg).

Qualified person: Engineer with certified experience of at least two years to calculate
material resistance, design, analyze, evaluate, authorize anchor points and prepare
specifications of jobs, projects or products in accordance with what is established in this
resolution. The qualified person is the only person authorized to a point of
anchoring on which there are doubts.

Retraining: Mandatory annual process, through which knowledge is updated and

they train skills and abilities in prevention and protection against falls. Its content and
Duration depends on changes in the regulation for fall protection at work.
heights, or of the review of the same and the flaws that the employer detects in its application,
either through an evaluation of the workers or by observing them
part of the heights work coordinator. Re-training must be carried out annually or
when the authorized worker enters as new in the company, or changes type of
work at heights or if the operating conditions or their activity have changed.

Authorized worker: Worker who holds the work training certificate

safety at heights or the labor competency certificate for safe work at heights.
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4. GENERAL CONDITIONS
4.1 All works of X S.A.S. must have an established emergency brigade for
to address in the first instance any accidents that may occur.

4.2 Review the rescue equipment before and after each use. Make sure to fill in the
resumes of the same after their employment.

4.2 Know perfectly the limitations and the method of use of each rescue equipment
and always use it in accordance with the rules.

4.3 Never attempt to use rescue techniques for which you have not been properly trained.
trained.

4.4 Never act alone and refrain from participating in a rescue if you do not feel in perfect shape.
conditions. Be aware of your real capabilities.

4.5 Use all personal protective equipment, UV protective goggles if necessary,

high resistance helmet (minimum with three attachment points), leather gloves and suit
type of coverall with long sleeves with reinforcement or protection on shoulders, elbows, knees and
preferably with the least number of closures or zippers.

4.6 Avoid wearing rings, bracelets, and chains.

4.7 Every rescue system must be inspected before use by two people
competent in the field, who touch on each of the components of the system
They will check the solidity, as well as the correct installation and operation.

4.8 Plan the activity well before carrying it out, trying to anticipate all failures.
that could occur and taking the necessary measures to prevent them.

4.9 Anyone who is at risk of falling must be properly

secured to a solid anchor, the same applies to the equipment used.

4.10 Always use a safety rope when you are more than 1.50 meters away from
height. Ensure that all your equipment is protected against falls.

4.11 Never perform work at heights if you are not sure you want to and can.
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do it.

4.12 In the operations area there should always be the smallest number of people.

4.13 There should always be a certain amount of equipment available exclusively.

for addressing a possible accident.

4.14 The systems used must comply with the characteristics of redundancy and
reversibility.

4.15 All personnel in the rescue brigade must be familiar with instruction X.

5. SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES

STAGE ACTIVITY ADDITIONAL DATA PRECAUTIONS

Training and updating.
Check the status, location
Frequent training.
5.1 Preparation y availability of the
Acquisition and maintenance of
resources for rescue
team.
Activate the rescue brigade.
Before arriving at the site check
Define a member to call
what are the tools,
Activation and by phone to the Red Cross
5.2 teams y accessories
mobilization and/or Fire Department of necessary as well as their status
Medellín and/or Civil Defense for and its operation.
to attend the performance.

STAGE ACTIVITY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRECAUTIONS

5.2 Activation and Check that you have all the most common equipment in
mobilization Necessary elements for this type of operations are:
operation development
String protectors.
String bag.
Tubular protector.
Dynamic strings.
Static ropes.
Harness.

Metallic composite team

by

Carabiners.
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Descenders (bars or
stops).
Ascenders (type jumar or
gibs type).
Pulleys (simple or double).
Edge rollers.
Isolate the area with tape or other
Ensure the element.
5.3
scene Control possible risks
associates
During the evaluation, determine
the type of structure involved,
associated risk such as, lines
energized, structural failure,
falling elements, fire,
Always do a first
branches, fall from heights between
recognition of the area
others.
with the members.
Establish Conditions of
Work safely.
5.4 Evaluation operation, control or eliminate
Organize the access of
associated risks.
transport vehicle for
Visually evaluated: situation
pick up the injured.
from the victim, possible points
of anchoring, load to be supported,
access mechanisms to the
victim and determine if it will be done
descent or ascent of the
victim.
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STAGE ACTIVITY ADDITIONAL DATA PRECAUTIONS

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Anchors: check the points or

sites for anchoring, have available
the necessary amount of points
de anclaje de acuerdo al
system that will be installed.
Installation del system
(promotion ordemotion) of
agreement a the evaluation
preliminary. Always install a
work line and another of
security. All systems
must to be reversible
allowing change of
Fix the anchor to all the
promotion a descent o
rescuers at the site of
vice versa.
maneuvers.
Access to Check everyone the
5.5 If the rescuer requires
patient installation components of the
descend, it will do so by
system and start moving
half delete descent
towards the patient.
controlled.
Access the victim, anchor yourself in
at that point, anchor the victim,
assess the state of the victim and
determine the device for it
rescue to use depending
of the state of consciousness and
victim's injuries (Harness of
whole body, basket stretcher
the immobilization device for
vertical rescue HALF BACK)
Communicate to the management of the
work of The situation of
incident and progress.

Check the conditions of the

Make sure that the patient
vital signs.
be perfectly
For specialized maneuvers,
Stabilization of packaged or insured,
5.6 the doctor or paramedics is the
patient this ensures that
sole responsible; in case of in case of a turn, do not fall or
if required it will be done the
get off the stretcher.
descent or ascent of the same.

STAGE ACTIVITY ADDITIONAL DATA PRECAUTIONS

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In case of absence of staff

doctor on site, waiting will be given
for the staff to arrive
paramedic with training for
execute the actions that your
knowledge allows them.
There should be no rescuer.
The unconscious patient always
hanging on the stretcher
must be transported on a stretcher to
except when the
Stabilization prevent it from hitting.
5.6 patient require a
of the patient According to the conditions of the
specific procedure
patient, secure it to lift it up
(team of
or to lower it, on a stretcher or body to
oxygen therapy.
body, always using technique of
controlled ascent or descent.
Always place it whenever possible.
"winds" to separate the patient from
the structure or surface, avoiding
impacts.

Once the patient has reached the point

from reception, I made a new one
Reception of the valuation, stabilization, check the
5.7
patient immobilization system and delivered to
rescue team that are in the
site

In case of using other resources

present at the emergency site
cranes, booms, articulated arms with
canasta among others) coordination will be required
Other teams
5.8 with the construction management and the worker
for the rescue
for its use, the rescuer must
use the Protective Elements
Suitable personnel and support for their
utilization.

STAGE ACTIVITY SUPPLEMENTARY DATA PRECAUTIONS

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Photographs must be taken of

As soon as the operation is finished, the places where it
You should make a report of the anchors found.
5.9 Report
situation where the Advisor of the teams and deliver the
SISO participates in its preparation. team of the injured to the
direction of the work.
The rescue brigade reviews and The equipment must be cleaned if it is
Preparation of the organize the equipment used and it
5.10 necessary with water and soap
team store again in the place
smooth.
intended.

6. BACKGROUND
6.1Resolution 1409 of 2012Fall protection in work at heights

7. MODIFICACIONES

NUMERAL
EDITING NATURE OF THE MODIFICATION OBSERVATIONS
MODIFIED
It was modified the By decision of the Presidency the reason
razón social de la social paso a ser X S.A.S.
company
By decision of the Presidency
They developed
Revision changes due to the
adopted two new norms
01 international to implement in the
general implementation of organization (ISO 14001 Environmental and
the two rules
OHSAS 18001 Industrial Safety and
international
Occupational Health), to form a
implemented in integrated management system with the standard
the company
ISO 9001 Quality
If delete the
Resolution 3673 of
2008 y us
Review documents The document was reviewed for the change of
02
general associates by the resolution
new Resolution
1409 of 1409
Work at heights