The air inside the old water treatment plant smelled of rust, chlorine, and a century of hard work. Elias “Eli” Thorne, a safety compliance officer for the state, tightened the chin strap on his hard hat and stared up. The ladder to the primary settling tank rose sixty feet into the dim, cavernous space. It was a straight, unbroken climb, and wrapped around it was a familiar sight: a cylindrical birdcage of rusted, quarter-inch steel bars.
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“No,” Eli said, walking toward the far wall. “You keep the ladder. You just give the climber a reason to live.” He pointed to a brand-new installation on an adjacent tower: a continuous, U-shaped steel rail bolted to the outside of the ladder’s rungs, running top to bottom. Attached to it was a sliding shuttle—a smooth, spring-loaded trolley connected to a full-body harness. It was a straight, unbroken climb, and wrapped