2.9.5.2. The principal contractor must ensure the availability on the construction site of the equipment necessary to perform a rescue following a fall for the duration of the work referred to in the second paragraph of section 2.9.5. The principal contractor must also ensure that at least 1 rescue attendant who was trained to rescue a worker suspended in a safety harness or retained in a safety net is present at all times on the work premises.
The training referred to in the first paragraph must be adapted to the complexity of the rescue to be performed.
The nature of the rescue attendant’s work on the construction site must allow that person to intervene quickly and efficiently during a rescue. The rescue attendant may also act as first-aider if so provided in the rescue procedure.
63-2025D. 63-2025, s. 81.