This past weekend at HamCom in Plano Texas; a representative of Pinkerton Sales; a manufacturing rep company for "Ultra-Safe", a climbing belt ("fall-arrest") company, gave an excellent demo outside
I was at the same demonstration, very impressive. I did pick up a business card and their web site is: http://www.pinkertonsales.com/ 73 Terry - AB5K _______________________________________________ _
Author: Dave NØRQ <n0rq-lists@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:21:56 -0500
I saw most of that demo as well. It was a good thing to have at Hamcom! (And Hamcom was very good this year.) During #3 below (a 6' lanyard with a knot), I managed to take a picture, right after he r
I am fascinated by the description of the fall-arrest device using a reel similar to those used on auto safety belts. I have checked the Pinkerton Sales and Ultra-Safe web sites, but have not seen an
We have several of these at work that we are required to use (attached to a full body harness) when we work on the roof antenna ranges which are located on the flat roof of a three story building. I'
Sounds like a Dynevac. You can climb down, up, move around, but the moment that you suddenly drop, they catch you. http://www.firehouseinternational.com/usersite/Oil&Gas/oil&gasitem.asp?categoryid=&p
Those reels are very nice and give the worker plenty of mobility. However, I understand they are more costly than a simple sewn fall arrest lanyard, and I don't see the need for one in my tower work.
For examples of what is being discussed, see: http://www.midwestunlimited.com/gallery.lasso?cat_master=1002&cat_level=1048 The reels would work well for non-climbing applications, or perhaps once yo
Jeez - the gadget costs more than two harnesses! When you think that every seat belt in your car has the same sort of reel mechanism, which is rated for considerably higher G loads, you really have t
1926.502(d)(17) The attachment point of the body belt shall be located in the center of the wearer's back. The attachment point of the body harness shall be located in the center of the wearer's bac
at the bottom and the leader placing protection as they go up. I note that this website is NOT hosted in the U.S. (inasmuch as Petzl isn't a U.S. company) and the techniques they show may be perfectl
Good point I briefly looked around their website and I didn't see any twin fall arrest lanyards manufactured by them. If they don't manufacture one, perhaps whoever made the diagram wasn't familiar
As ouchy as both these might be, it's still better than the big ouch at the bottom of the tower. I ALWAYS do this. I always have a spotter who watches my climb and can call 911 if I do something stup
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:42:43 -0400
At 2500# you are looking at a bit over 11 Gs and that is going to hurt even with the best fall arresting equipment. Not really. That's only a tad over 3 Gs which might make a person go "Oofffffhhh".
SNIP I have read that the reason for using the back D-ring was that in a fall, when the shock absorbing lanyard would pull tight, head would drop FORWARD until your chin contacted the upper chest. Th
The plan had better be basically for self-rescue. It's been awhile, but I believe the time limit for starting rescue is three minutes. This is where SRLs would be a good idea. That's called a Self Re