Rope guidance for second device used on durahoist arm

A confined space hoist and fall protection anchorage system for raising and lowering a worker into and out of a confined space, the system comprising:

• a longitudinally extending mast;
• a masthead;
• first and second device mount locations on the mast and configured to mount respective first and second extend/retract line devices to the mast so that the first and second extend/retract line devices are positioned on a first side of the mast, with the first line extend/retract line device having a first line extending from the first extend/retract line device to the masthead to connect to a worker suspended by the system, and the second extend/retract line device having a second line extending from the second extend/retract line device to the masthead to connect to the worker suspended by the system, the first extend/retract line device mount location located on the mast between the masthead and the second extend/retract line device mount location;
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• a line guidance device comprising:
• a mast mount structure connected to the mast at the first device mount location, and
• a device mount structure configured to position the first extend/retract line device on the first side of the mast, and
• a line guide located on the line guidance device between the mount structures, the line guide configured to guide the second line between the mast and the first extend/retract line device as the second line travels from and to the second extend/retract line device and the masthead as a worker suspended from the second line is lowered and raised by the system with the first extend/retract device mounted on the device mount structure and the second extend/retract line device mounted at the second device mount location.

A line guidance device for use with a confined space hoist and fall protection anchorage system for raising and lowering a worker into and out of a confined space, the system comprising a longitudinally extending mast, a masthead, first and second extend/retract line devices positioned on a first side of the mast, and a mast arm mounted on the mast adjacent an end of the mast and extending from a second side of the mast to the masthead, the second side being an opposite side of the mast from the first side, the first extend/retract line device having a first line extending from the first extend/retract line device to the masthead to connect to a worker suspended by the system, the second extend/retract line device having a second line extending from the second extend/retract line device to the masthead to connect to the worker suspended by the system, the first extend/retract line device mounted on the mast between the second extend/retract line device and the masthead, the line guidance device comprising:

• a mast mount structure connectable to the mast;
• an extend/retract line device mount structure configured to position the first line extend/retract device on the first side of the mast;
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• a line guide located on the device between the mount structures to guide the second line between the mast and the first extend/retract line device as the second line travels from and to the second extend/retract line device and the masthead as a worker suspended from the second line is lowered and raised by the system.