before and After the fall Case 5: An experienced rigger works for a rigging company. He is sent to do a simple repair job in the steel beams fifty feet above the arena ice. The job requires him to use the house lifeline-based fall protection system. He knows that the house fall protection system includes a rescue system requirement for two additional certified riggers trained in high-angle rescue be on the call. All riggers with that training are working out of town on a movie that week. What should you do? v Steve Nelson is an ETCP certified rigger who learned the ropes as a deckhand on a squarerigger. After many years as a stagehand, carpenter, and rigger, he currently works as operations manager of 3dx FlameCoat and serves as a member of the newly formed Fire Resistance Task Group within the ESTA Technical Standards Program. He has written and illustrated numerous articles on rigging, set construction, and safety issues. Resources "Fall Protection for Arena Shows" by Rocky Paulson and Steve Nelson is available for free download at http://usitt.org/bookstore/go.php?to=ItemDetail& sku=F27. It includes information about fall protection equipment and references to citations in applicable OSHA regulations. Also, manufacturers and distributors of industrial fall protection equipment (e.g., DBI-SALA or Miller) have excellent information on their Web sites. F A L L 2008 theatre design & technology 31http://www.usitt.org/bookstore/go.php?to=ItemDetail&