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Click on the "news" icon. You have to scroll down each time to get to the
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I have been through their training twice now. It is excellent hands on
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John
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Phil Camera
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:23 AM
To: 'Towertalk@Contesting. Com'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Survey
Not sure what you expect from this survey. Those who died using a full body
harness and fall arrest lanyard as intended probably won't contribute.
I would agree with this. You won't get any stats on those who didn't
survive.
There's many ways to answer this.
My full body harness saves my life every time I go up the tower.
It does when I attach my positioning lanyard and let go with both hands from
the tower.
The pos. lanyard is attached to my harness and so if I wasn't wearing that,
I'd fall.
Now, no I've never had the opportunity to try out my shock absorbing fall
arrest lanyard.....
and there's nothing statistically significant or non-significant about that.
It just means that I've been very careful when working on a tower.
Have I ever suffered a leg cramp up top and needed to rest/work it out?
Yes.
Have I ever been stung by a wasp while up top? Yes.
Has an antenna/piece of equipment ever somewhat become out of position and
required my full effort without
regard to my own position on the tower? Yes
Have I ever had a handhold or foothold slip while ascending? No While
descending? Yes
Have I ever had to quickly grab onto the tower and rest while my pucker
factor subsided? Yes
Remember, it's that last foot of a fall that hurts. So it doesn't matter
how high up you started.
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