Emergency Evacuation Plan

Emergency Evacuation & Rescue Plan
for Work At Height on a 12-meter scaffold “at most”
Working at Heights Safe Evacuation & Rescues

The implementation and maintenance of a safe work environment is the collective responsibility of
all employees, contractors, and visitors to the jobsite (MoCS Venues). It is our company policy to
provide prompt medical treatment when a worker is injured at the site. To do this, workers may
have to perform a working at heights rescue to bring down a worker who has fallen and is
suspended in a safety harness.
This procedure applies to all managers, supervisors, foremen, employees, subcontractors and
visitors of MoCS Project.
Purpose of Working at Heights Rescues

Workers working at height may need to be rescued for a number of reasons:
 Workers who have suffered a heart attack on a working platform

 Those who have injuries as a result of slips/trips or pulled muscles.
 The worker may have suffered injuries during the fall and may need medical attention.
 When workers are suspended in their safety harnesses for long periods, they may suffer
from blood pooling in the lower body. This can lead to suspension trauma.
 Suspended workers may panic if they are not rescued quickly.
 The event that led to the fall may create additional risks that need to be addressed- heat
exhaustion, heat stroke or severe dehydration.
APPLICATION
 This rescue plan applies to locations where personnel are employed to work at height on a
4-meter scaffold (fixed or mobile) at most.
 The requirements of this rescue plan must be observed by all personnel involved in working
at heights.
 This rescue plan must be reviewed or included in any job safety analysis or pre-task planning
for activities that require working at heights.
Emergency Planning
The three main parts of emergency planning are:
1. Training
2. Creating an emergency plan
3. Outlining rescue & evacuation procedures
1)Training
All site personnel in all MoCS Venues must attend a site-specific safety training session where they
will review emergency response procedures and receive instruction on alarms (by the supervisor)
and assembly areas.
Train a designated crew to perform the rescue. This crew must know how to use the equipment that
is available to them at the jobsite and where they can find it. They should review the rescue
procedure at least every 2weeks.
2)Emergency Response Plan

If a worker falls and is suspended by a safety harness, implement the emergency response plan by
following the steps below.
Note: It is important to know your role.
1. The site supervisor (or alternate foreman) takes control of the situation.
2. The site supervisor calls all workers to calmly go out from the work area. All workers in the
immediate vicinity of the incident shall stop all their works. The site supervisor quickly
evaluates the situation and identifies any further hazards that could arise.
3. The site supervisor instructs the fallen worker to position his thighs horizontally to prevent
blood from pooling in the lower extremities. The worker cannot hold it too long, so it is okay
to perform it at intervals.
4. The site supervisor or their designate goes to get help if workers are close by. If no one is
close enough, the site supervisor calls for help.
5. The site supervisor calls 999 to notify local police, fire and ambulance if required.
6. The site supervisor (or a worker assigned to the task) isolates the accident zone and its
perimeter to limit further exposure.
7. The site supervisor (or a worker assigned to the task) moves all non-affected personnel to a
safe zone, nearest assembly point, or directs them to remain where they are.
8. The site supervisor sends a designated worker to the location which he reported to the
response team (police, medical, fire, etc.) and ensure that they have a safe access path to
the accident scene.
9. The site supervisor assembles the emergency rescue team at the accident site as quickly as
possible to determine the best rescue procedure for the situation.
3) a. Rescue Procedures
The following rescue procedures are laid out and implementation depends on the situation. The
succeeding methods shall be used, unless otherwise not possible.
A. Self-Rescue- If the worker is suspended in his harness and still CONSCIOUS, of which he can still
manage to prevent himself from causing further injury and suspension trauma, use the following
procedure.
1. Climbing back up to the level from which he fell (from a few inches to 2-3 feet).
2. Returning to the floor or ground to be evaluated for possible medical attention.
3. Removing all components of fall arrest system impacted by the fall event from service and
documenting (bag and tag) the components with name, date and activity at time of fall and
giving the equipment.
4. Arrange a transportation to the hospital if required.

B. Rescue from Work Area or Floor Below- If the fallen worker is suspended and
UNCONSCIOUS/CONSCIOUS but injured near a work area and can be safely reached from the floor
below or the area from which they fell, use the following procedure.
1. Ensure that rescuers are protected against falling.
2. If possible, securely attach a second line to the fallen worker’s harness to help rescuers
pull the fallen worker to a safe area. You will need at least 2 strong workers to pull someone
up to the level from which they fell.
3. If fallen worker is close to the ground level and is reachable, two strong workers will hold
the line attached to the victim and another 2 workers slowly retrieving the fallen worker to
the ground.
4. Once the worker has been brought to a safe location, administer first aid and treat the
person for suspension trauma and any other injury- position the victim in Trendelenburg,
with legs higher than the head. If the worker is conscious and feels like vomiting, perform
side-lying position to prevent worker from aspirating.
5. Arrange transportation to hospital if required.
3) b. Evacuation Procedure (without any suspended worker)
In case of:
 Adverse weather conditions

1. The site supervisor calls all workers to go down from their work area.
2. The workers shall calmly go to the nearest assembly point.
3. The site supervisor shall do the roll call of employees working at height.
4. Workers will stay at the assembly point until the supervisor tells them to do otherwise.
 Fire
1. Shout “Fire, Fire, Fire!”
2. The site supervisor calls 999 for Fire.
3. The site supervisor instructs all workers to stop all works they are doing on top of the
roof.
4. Workers shall proceed to the nearest assembly point or wherever the supervisor directs
them to go
5. Wait until the supervisor/foreman is present for the roll call
6. Wait for further instructions from the supervisor/ foreman if it is safe to continue
working.
Post-Rescue Procedure
All non-affected workers should remain in the designated safe zone, or nearest assembly point until
the site supervisor notifies them to do otherwise.
The site supervisor and health and safety representative should:

 Begin the accident investigation.
 Quarantine all fall-arrest equipment that may have been subjected to fall fatigue effects
and/or shock loading for further investigation.
 Secure the area (an accident scene should not be disturbed where a fatal or critical injury
has taken place)
 Determine whether or not the jobsite-specific rescue plans that the rescue and evacuation
plans were followed as designed.
 Record modifications or additions to the plans that the rescue team deems necessary.
 Record all documented communications with ambulance, etc.
 Record all documented statements from employees, witnesses and others
 Save all photographs of the incident.
 Record all key information such as dates, time, weather, general site conditions and location.

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for Work At Height on a 12-meter scaffold “at most”

Working at Heights Safe Evacuation & Rescues

Purpose of Working at Heights Rescues

 Workers who have suffered a heart attack on a working platform

2)Emergency Response Plan

Note: It is important to know your role.

2. Returning to the floor or ground to be evaluated for possible medical attention.

4. Arrange a transportation to the hospital if required.

1. Ensure that rescuers are protected against falling.

5. Arrange transportation to hospital if required.

3) b. Evacuation Procedure (without any suspended worker)

 Adverse weather conditions

The site supervisor and health and safety representative should:

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