Rope access

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Rope access window cleaning of Portside Tower in Cape Town
Façade painting in Moscow. Note the unsafe behaviour: the painter is not wearing a safety rope and a fall arrester with shock absorber, he lacks a helmet and safety boots, and is using a Figure 8 descender which is not suitable for work.
Rope access to a turret clock
Rope access technician performing maintenance work on a building

Rope access or industrial climbing is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used in climbing and caving, which applies practical ropework to allow workers to access difficult-to-reach locations without the use of scaffolding, or an aerial work platform. Rope access technicians descend, ascend, and traverse ropes for access and work while suspended by their harness. Sometimes a work seat may be used. The support of the rope is intended to eliminate the likelihood of a fall altogether, but a back-up fall arrest system is used in case of the unlikely failure of the primary means of support. This redundancy system is usually achieved by using two ropes - a working line and a safety line.[1][2]

  • Performing repairs on oil platforms and rigs in Iran

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  1. ^ "Rope Access | SPRAT". Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ^ "What is Rope Access | IRATA International". www.irata.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

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