# Life Saving Rules

> Life Saving Rules (lifesavingrules.com) is an open-access corporate reference portal dedicated to the global harmonisation of health, safety and environment (HSE) standards. It explains the core Life-Saving Rules — such as working at height, energy isolation, confined space entry, safe mechanical lifting, hot work, line breaking, driving safety, bypassing safety controls, and fitness for duty with Stop Work Authority — and helps organisations train, implement and audit them.

Contact: info@lifesavingrules.com · https://lifesavingrules.com/contact
The free tools run entirely in the browser; nothing users enter is sent to the server.

## Company

- [Life Saving Rules — Zero Incidents. Total Compliance.](https://lifesavingrules.com/): Open-access reference portal for the Life-Saving Rules, plus training, implementation and audit and assurance to embed them on site.
- [About Life Saving Rules](https://lifesavingrules.com/about): Our mission: the global harmonisation of HSE standards through clear, non-negotiable Life-Saving Rules.
- [Contact](https://lifesavingrules.com/contact): Book a free consultation on implementing Life-Saving Rules.
- [Client testimonials](https://lifesavingrules.com/testimonials): Experiences from HSE professionals and organisations who have worked with Life Saving Rules.

## Services

- [HSE Services](https://lifesavingrules.com/services): Targeted training, custom implementation, and audit and assurance for Life-Saving Rules.
- [Targeted Training](https://lifesavingrules.com/services/targeted-training): Interactive programmes that help workers understand the why behind the rules.
- [Custom Implementation](https://lifesavingrules.com/services/custom-implementation): Seamless integration of Life-Saving Rules into your existing safety management system.
- [Audit & Assurance](https://lifesavingrules.com/services/audit-assurance): On-site assessments and desktop reviews with diagnostics to ensure rules are embedded effectively.

## Free tools

- [Free Life-Saving Rules Tools](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools): Free tools for high-risk work: a Life-Saving Rules self-assessment, go / no-go check, toolbox talk builder, fall clearance, sling angle and gas test checks.
- [Life-Saving Rules Self-Assessment](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools/life-saving-rules-assessment): A free 3-minute self-assessment of how well the Life-Saving Rules are embedded, with a 0–100 score, a score per rule and top three priorities.
- [Pre-Task Go / No-Go Check](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools/go-no-go): Pick the activity, tick the critical checks, and get a clear go or stop before work begins.
- [Toolbox Talk Builder](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools/toolbox-talk): Generate a printable toolbox talk for any Life-Saving Rule, with a real incident, discussion questions and a sign-off sheet.
- [Fall Clearance Calculator](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools/fall-clearance): Check whether there is enough space below you for a lanyard and energy absorber to stop a fall before you hit something.
- [Sling Angle & Leg Tension Calculator](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools/sling-angle): See how the angle of a multi-leg sling increases the tension in each leg, and check it against the sling’s rated capacity.
- [Confined Space Gas Test Check](https://lifesavingrules.com/tools/gas-test-check): Enter your four-gas detector readings and compare them against your site’s entry limits before anyone goes in.

## The Rules

- [Real-World Incidents](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/case-studies): The real incidents behind each Life-Saving Rule, drawn from OSHA, CSB, BLS and IOGP investigations.
- [The Life-Saving Rules](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog): Every Life-Saving Rule explained, with a real-world incident and reflective questions for your team.
- [Controlling the Spark: Essential Fire Prevention in Hot Work Zones](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/controlling-the-spark-essential-fire-prevention-in-hot-work-zones): Sparks travel further than people expect, and fall through gaps nobody thought about. Safe hot work starts with knowing what's around, below and inside the area.
- [Opening Live Systems: Treating Every Pipe and Hose as Pressurized](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/opening-live-systems-treating-every-pipe-and-hose-as-pressurized): Pipes and hoses rarely announce what's inside them. Treat every line as live until you've proved it isn't, and keep your body out of the path if you're wrong.
- [The Ultimate Safety Tool: Your Personal Accountability and Stop Work Authority](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/the-ultimate-safety-tool-your-personal-accountability-and-stop-work-authority): Two human behaviours underpin every other safety control: arriving fit to work, and being willing to stop the job when something isn't right.
- [Gravity Never Takes a Day Off: Preventing Falls at the Worksite](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/gravity-never-takes-a-day-off-preventing-falls-at-the-worksite): Fatal falls aren't limited to dramatic heights. In US construction, most fatal falls to a lower level are from between 2 and 9 metres, on ordinary jobs.
- [Look Up and Look Out: The Essentials of Safe Mechanical Lifting](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/look-up-and-look-out-the-essentials-of-safe-mechanical-lifting): A suspended load is stored energy waiting for a reason to come down. Safe lifting is about removing those reasons, and keeping people out of the drop zone in case you missed one.
- [Energy Isolation: Why Lockout/Tagout Saves Lives](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/zero-mechanical-energy-how-lockout-tagout-saves-lives): Machines don't know you're inside them. Energy isolation is how you make sure a machine stays off while your hands, head or body are where the moving parts are.
- [Safe Journeys: Why Vehicle Safety Starts Long Before You Hit the Gas](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/safe-journeys-why-vehicle-safety-starts-long-before-you-hit-the-gas): For many workers, a big share of the day's serious risk happens on the road, not on site. Here's how to make every work journey a safe one.
- [Silent Hazards: The Critical Steps Before Entering a Confined Space](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/silent-hazards-the-critical-steps-before-entering-a-confined-space): A confined space can look completely harmless and still contain air that kills in seconds. The most dangerous moment is often the rescue.
- [The Danger of Shortcuts: Why Defeating Safety Controls is a Risk Never Worth Taking](https://lifesavingrules.com/blog/the-danger-of-shortcuts-why-defeating-safety-controls-is-a-risk-never-worth-taking): Alarms that cry wolf and interlocks that slow the job down are the controls most likely to be bypassed, and the ones we most need when something goes wrong.

## Optional

- [Privacy Policy](https://lifesavingrules.com/privacy): How Life Saving Rules collects, uses and protects personal data.
- [Terms of Service](https://lifesavingrules.com/terms): Terms governing use of the website and free tools.
- [Full text corpus](https://lifesavingrules.com/llms-full.txt): Every public page's text in one Markdown file.