Posted By Sean Warburton He's not hanging there now is he? Call the fire brigade, this forum cam be a bit slow at times :) Hey it's Friday

Posted By Madelyn Portley Thank you Andy I will try it Cheers Madelyn

Posted By Chas If the operative is conscious you may be able to use/deploy the webbing ladder that Leading Edge Supplies sell. I think their website is www.leadingedgesupplies.com (PS. I have no business links with them).

Posted By STEVE Madelyn How would the engineer end up dangling on a scaffold? Are you expecting them to perform unsafe acts? If the scaffold is erected correctly ( toeboards, mid rail, hand rail-correct height) how do you envisage them to fall? If it is a lift shaft, maybe the opening above can be utilised to have an inertia wheel situated somewhere in or on it for them to attach to, they then keep this attached if necessary on the scaffold, can a retrival block be situated above, rescuer attaches to this lowers himself down to fallen person attaches himself to his harness, cuts his lanyard (if need be) lowers himself to next opening in lift shaft below, rescue team waiting here with attached harness on to reach in the shaft , grab hold of rescued person pull him to safety Steve

Posted By peter gotch 1 Steve, There are various tasks in lift installation and maintenance where the use of harnesses may be appropriate. P

Posted By Bennie Sorry I cannot help you with the rescue plan without seeing instalation Bennie

Posted By William Just out of curiousity and i dissapointed that someone has not spotted it before and mentioned it here, but that new diet coke advert, why the hell does lift engineer come down from up above and have his harness around his ankles? I know its just an advert, just a silly one at that, i reckon the hippy would get his long hair stuck in the mechanics above the lift anyhow. But back on subject there was a discussion on something similar to this recently, but what you get is retreavel sets which clip onto the harness and if they fall just wind the handle up and up they come, but you also need to be aware of the 15 minute rule, leave them hanging for 15 minutes and the pressure of the harness of the groin could kill them, cant remember the exact name of it, some kind of shock.

Posted By Madelyn Portley Hi thanks to everyone for your ideas.. Steve, our engineers are very safety conscious, but that still does not mean that they wont have an accident... Thanks again Madelyn