Spend a few minutes watching a rescue team work through a scenario and you’ll start to notice a pattern. Tripods go up, someone pulls the SKED out of the bag, and a haul system starts taking shape. Before long there’s a little mountain of equipment building up around the entry point. It looks busy. It...
Massachusetts-based construction contractor assessed $4.6M in proposed penalties. OSHA has cited a water and sewer line construction contractor for willfully and repeatedly exposing workers to trench hazards. Proposed penalties of $4.6M were assessed against the company in a trench collapse in 2025 that claimed the life of an employee and seriously injured another at a...
Two crew members were killed and two others injured during a confined space incident aboard a barge in southeast Alaska. According to the Coast Guard, the crew entered a confined space and lost contact with others on the tug. Initial information from family indicates methane gas may have been present, though details are still under...
Between 2011 and 2018, 1,030 workers died in confined spaces in the United States alone. More than 60% of those deaths were tied to hazardous atmospheres. In many cases, the air either wasn’t properly monitored, or it changed after entry. A space can meet acceptable entry conditions at the start of the shift and still...
Not every rescue ends the same way. Sometimes the patient walks away, sometimes they’re packaged and transported, and unfortunately, sometimes the outcome is a recovery operation instead of a rescue. At the end of the operation, everyone stands around catching their breath, replaying moments in their head.
This year’s Roco Rescue Challenge was one for the books. For those unfamiliar, Roco Rescue Challenge is our annual event, going on its 33rd year, where industrial rescue teams from across the country put their skills to the test in a series of realistic rescue scenarios, individual, and team performance evaluations. It’s part training event, part competition, and all about sharpening skills, building camaraderie, and celebrating the rescue community.
If you’re building a confined space program, stepping into a role that oversees confined space work, or reviewing a program you’ve managed for years, this is a useful place to start. Our Roco Rescue Compliance Tools page brings together key confined space regulations with clear explanations focused on rescue and the provisions that support it....
SMC / Harken have issued a voluntary safety inspection notice regarding certain TerrAdaptor Portable Anchor Systems. ROCO Rescue sells and trains on these systems, and we want to ensure our clients and partners receive this information directly and clearly. The original document with inspection instructions is below.
Every year we put together a Christmas card for the people who make up our extended Roco family. That includes our admin team, our field employees, our instructors, our clients, and all our friends who have supported us along the way. We celebrate Christmas and the blessed hope it represents, and this card has become...
In Emergency Medical Services (EMS) we are taught the difference between urgent and emergent moves, though in practice the words often get blended together. An emergent move is exactly what it sounds like: you do not have the luxury of time or packaging. You take the patient out immediately because the environment itself is about...
