At 07:59 PM 2/10/02 -0500, tgstewart@pepco.com wrote:
>
>The problem with using the fall arrest lanyard while on the move is that
>the snaps are fairly small and have safeties that are very hard to
>operate, especially with gloves on.
>
>I think that gorilla hooks are the way to go for most people if you want
>to stay clipped in 100 %.
I normally wear leather gloves on the tower, particularly while climbing,
and have not found the OSHA clips on the Klein fall-arrest lanyard to be
hard to manipulate. In fact, they have something close to the ideal
action, IMO - they can be pressed on a tower rung easily, but once on
require two separate opposing hand actions (can be done one-handed) to
release. There's another type of OSHA mechanism -- I have them on my
positioning lanyard -- that is much harder to manipulate.
The point of all this is to suggest that the type of end termination --
Gorilla clip or differing OSHA mechanisms -- could also be a selection
criterion in choosing lanyards.
73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is
just a tower
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